🏡 Remote regrets
Employment Hero CEO Ben Thompson has pushed his company to emulate Elon Musk's workplace philosophies — except on one policy which the Tesla CEO describes as "morally wrong".
Ben Thompson, the chief executive officer of Employment Hero, has built much of his $2 billion HR software company's culture around Elon Musk's management philosophies — as we reported earlier today in our latest story on the company's workplace issues.
Tesla quotes pepper the company's culture document, and Thompson regularly quotes Musk in talks and reposts him on X. The company's high performance mandates also echo Musk's exacting standards.
There's just one significant departure. Thompson has embraced what Musk considers "morally wrong": a fully remote workforce.
The contrast is striking. While Musk demands Tesla employees spend at least 40 hours in the office and labels remote work "pretend jobs", Employment Hero's 1,300 staff members work entirely virtually. It's a policy Thompson championed after Covid-19 forced initial workplace changes, believing it would help attract global talent.
