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These are 8 strict workplace rules Elon Musk makes his Tesla employees follow
Elon Musk is not a fan of meetings, bureaucracy, hierarchy, or any system that impedes immediate communication.
By Kevin Loria and Jake Kanter
Elon Musk gets a lot done.
The 49-year-old entrepreneur and CEO is revolutionizing the spaceflight industry with SpaceX, transforming the world of the electric car at Tesla, and pushing neuroscience and transportation forward at Neuralink and the Boring Company.
The billionaire expects similar standards from his employees, and an email Musk sent to Tesla employees in 2018, as well as other reports, provide a window on the rules he likes his people to observe in the workplace.
It’s clear that Musk is clearly not a fan of meetings, bureaucracy, hierarchy, or any system that impedes immediate communication. He prefers people apply common sense to the task at hand. And if employees don’t meet his expectations, he can be ruthless.
Read on for some of the strict rules Musk sets for his employees.
Large-format meetings waste people’s time.
“Excessive meetings are the blight of big companies and almost always get worse over time. Please get [rid] of all large meetings, unless…
