What it's Like Working For Elon Musk?

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is extremely productive. He recently told Tesla employees to move to ambitious 24/7 shifts to start production of the Model 3.

In a letter announcing the changes, Musk listed his own productivity tips for employees, writes IFLScience. From them, it can be concluded that the billionaire and the entrepreneur does not like meetings, bureaucracy, hierarchy, and any system that interferes with direct communication. He prefers that his employees apply common sense to a specific task.

He told them to let him know if they had any ideas for improvement and more efficient work at Tesla. The following seven productivity tips Musk offered in his email.

Big meetings are a waste of time

“Often meeting harms big companies and gets worse over time. Get rid of all the big meetings, unless you are sure they are useful to all participants. Even in that case, make sure they are very short, ”says one of the richest people in the world.

Meetings should be infrequent, except in emergencies

“Get rid of frequent meetings, unless they are dealing with an extremely urgent topic. The frequency of meetings should drop quickly when the problem is resolved, ”he added.

If you don’t need to be in a meeting, go. “Leave the meeting or end the call as soon as it becomes obvious that you are not contributing to it. It is not rude to leave, it is indecent to force someone to stay and waste their time ", said Elon Musk.

Avoid confusing jargon

"Don't use abbreviations or meaningless words for things, software, or processes at Tesla. In general, anything that requires an explanation hinders communication. We do not want people to have to remember the glossary just to function in Tesla ", he said. Don’t let hierarchy affects the efficiency

"Communication should be the shortest route needed to get the job done, not the 'chain of command'. Any manager who tries to introduce such a communication network will soon work elsewhere” Musk wrote.

If you need to get in touch with someone, do it directly

“The main source of the problem is poor communication between departments. The way to solve this is to allow the free flow of information between all levels. If someone has to talk to their superior who has to address the director and he the vice president and he the other vice president and he the director and he the manager and he the person who is actually doing the job, then mistakes will happen. It must be okay for employees to talk directly to someone and achieve their goal, ”the billionaire believes.

Don’t waste time following stupid rules

“Let common sense always be your guide. "If compliance with 'company rules' is clearly inapplicable in a given situation, then the rule should change," Musk concluded.

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