Do you agree with Elon Musk's "return to office" mandate? Leave your thoughts in the comments.

I am not opposed to remote work when it makes sense. However, emails, teleconferences and web meetings are not an adequate replacement for in-person interaction.

Firstly, despite his success Elon is a poor leader.

Regarding the question at hand, his return-to-office mandates are driven by bad reasons: (1) I am in charge and what I say goes (ego-driven) and (2) he mistrusts his employees at all levels, as evidenced by his statements that "people working from home are not working".

It depends a lot on the company culture, the various roles, how many locations and time zones being covered. If it’s a new company innovating in only one or a few locations then being onsite more often makes sense. Huge establishments with hundreds of sites across many time zones and collaboration across those… why drive to an office to get on a conference call??

Remote work model is here to stay. It depends on the nature of job. HR departments have to consider it. If you call everyone back to office, you simply risk losing some good employees.

Elon musk has become a bully.