- Recruiters at major companies offer to hire
Tesla employees who want to keep working remotely. - On Tuesday,
Elon Musk told Tesla employees they must return to the office or resign, reports say.
Tesla workers might not have to return to the office after all — if they're willing to jump ship.
On Thursday, tech recruiters put out calls to Elon Musk's employees who might be looking to dodge his $4.
On Thursday, Zafar Choudhury, who identifies himself as a technical recruiting leader at
"If the Emperor of Mars doesn't want you, I'll be happy to bring you over to #AWS," Choudhury wrote on LinkedIn, referencing Musk's fixation with $4.
Choudhury didn't respond to a request for comment from Insider. Spokespeople for Tesla and Amazon also didn't respond to requests for comment.
The recruiter took aim at $4 that Musk sent emails to executive staff on Tuesday, calling for the workers to stop "phoning it in" and come into the office at least 40 hours a week.
"If you don't like to be micromanaged by the Elon Musk's of the world, come to #AWSIdentity!" Choudhury wrote. "We'll find you a happy home here that respects you, your time and your profession. We will find you a team that treats you with dignity."
Last year, Amazon $4 that it would let corporate employees work from home indefinitely. It has been one of several tech companies to make the shift from an office-centric work environment to a more distributed workforce.
Choudhury was one of $4 recruiters on LinkedIn who pushed for Tesla employees to join Amazon, as well as smaller tech companies, such as $4 and $4. A Microsoft recruiter also joined in on the hiring frenzy, $4 reported.
In a post that has since been deleted, Tiana Watts-Porter, who identifies herself as a technical recruiter for Microsoft, told Tesla employees they would be given more freedom at Microsoft. Watts-Porter did not respond to a request for comment from Insider.
The tech company has embraced a hybrid work environment. Last month, Microsoft $4 that workers would be allowed to work remotely over 50% of the time so long as it was approved by their managers.
"You can do things your way, and be yourself here at Microsoft!" Watts-Porter wrote, The Next Web reported.
In his companywide email, Musk took a dig at companies such as Amazon that have allowed employees to work from home, $4 reported.
"There are of course companies that don't require this, but when was the last time they shipped a great new product?" Musk said in a companywide email, the report said. "It's been a while."
The billionaire appeared to justify his decision to bring workers back to the office on Twitter, saying his ultimatum was part of an effort to promote equality between factory workers — who have been required to come to work in person throughout the pandemic — and executives.
—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) $4
Musk's stance on remote work could inhibit Tesla's and SpaceX's recruiting efforts. Remote working opportunities have become a key benefit amid the $4.
In March, a $4 of 3,019 employees conducted by Blind, an anonymous employee community app, found that 64% of workers at employers such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google would rather work from home than receive a $30,000 raise.
"Companies simply cannot force people back to the office, especially when there are other remote jobs available elsewhere," Kyum Kim, Blind's cofounder, $4 told Insider's Caroline Hronich and Ebony Flake.
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