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'Nein danke': Tesla CEO Musk's office ultimatum faces pushback in Germany

The IG Metall union in Berlin-Brandenburg-Sachsen, where Tesla's plant is located, said it would support any employee who opposed Musk's ultimatum

Musk, the chief executive officer of both Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, has dialed up his political bombast after lobbing a $44 billion bid to buy Twitter Inc. (Photo: Bloomberg)
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Elon Musk's demand that Tesla staff stop "phoning it in" and get back to the office got short shrift from Germany's largest trade union on Thursday.

The Tesla chief executive waded into the future of work debate by telling staff at the electric carmaker that they must return to the office for at least 40 hours a week or leave the company, according to an email seen by Reuters.

The IG Metall union in Berlin-Brandenburg-Sachsen, where Tesla's plant is located, said it would support any employee who opposed Musk's ultimatum. Tesla employs around 4,000 people in Germany and plans to expand the

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