- Elon Musk has described his vacations as "email with a view."
- He made the comment while testifying in court over his $55 billion Tesla pay package, per Bloomberg.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, famed for his hardcore work ethic, has described his vacations as "email with a view."
He made the comment Wednesday while testifying in court about his $55 billion Tesla pay package, $4 reported. He and Tesla are being $4 over the scale of his Tesla compensation.
According to Bloomberg, Musk was questioned by the plaintiff's lawyer about vacations he and James Murdoch, a Tesla director, had reportedly taken together.
"'Vacation' is a strong word," Musk responded, per Bloomberg. "For me it's an email with a view."
Tesla and a spokesperson for the Delaware court didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, made outside US business hours.
Musk has spoken in the past about his strict work ethic, which he says involves $4 and on office floors, and $4.
Musk says he seeks to lead by example, and expects similar levels of commitment from his employees at Tesla, SpaceX, and now Twitter, which he bought at the end of October.
Shortly after the Twitter acquisition completed, one of the company's managers $4 after she was photographed $4 on the floor of the company's San Francisco headquarters.
Earlier this week, Musk told Twitter workers in a $4 that they had to commit to his "extremely hardcore" vision for the social-media company or be laid off.
In Wednesday's court hearing, Murdoch $4 that Musk had identified a potential successor for the role of Tesla CEO but didn't specify who that person was.