{"id":164330,"date":"2023-05-21T10:22:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T15:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/sorry-elon-musk-to-suggest-remote-work-isnt-morally-right-is-a-flawed-attempt-to-push-your-in-person-work-agenda-heres-why"},"modified":"2023-05-21T10:22:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T15:22:47","slug":"sorry-elon-musk-to-suggest-remote-work-isnt-morally-right-is-a-flawed-attempt-to-push-your-in-person-work-agenda-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/sorry-elon-musk-to-suggest-remote-work-isnt-morally-right-is-a-flawed-attempt-to-push-your-in-person-work-agenda-heres-why","title":{"rendered":"Sorry, Elon Musk \u2014 To Suggest Remote Work Isn\u2019t \u2018Morally Right\u2019 is a Flawed Attempt to Push Your In-Person Work Agenda. Here\u2019s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/97rH0Eab-Tk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s as though Musk views <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/leadership\/the-surprising-reason-why-many-leaders-are-forcing\/449330\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">in-person work<\/a> as a kind of hazing ritual \u2014 he and others did it, so you have to do it too. Well, as my mom frequently said when I proposed doing something dumb because others did it, \u201cIf all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Picture this: Musk standing on the precipice of the Golden Gate Bridge, urging us all to leap into the frigid waters below simply because he took the plunge. While his bravado might be admired by some, it\u2019s not a practical or sustainable model for the future of work. Here\u2019s a thought: rather than Musk\u2019s daredevil dive into the deep abyss of forced in-office work, perhaps we should consider a more measured, flexible and hybrid approach to work, one that incorporates both remote and in-person options, as I tell my <a href=\"https:\/\/disasteravoidanceexperts.com\/consulting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">clients<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/growing-a-business\/hybrid-work-is-not-the-problem-your-guidelines-are\/445137\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">Employers: Hybrid Work is Not The Problem \u2014 Your Guidelines Are. Here\u2019s Why and How to Fix Them.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s as though Musk views in-person work as a kind of hazing ritual \u2014 he and others did it, so you have to do it too. Well, as my mom frequently said when I proposed doing something dumb because others did it, \u201cIf all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?\u201d Picture this: Musk [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2019,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elon-musk","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}