Elon Musk, the new Chief Twit, is not happy with San Francisco Mayor London Breed's move to investigate Twitter for having bedrooms at its headquarters. The tech CEO argued that his company is treated unfairly for merely giving beds to "tired employees."
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GRUENHEIDE, GERMANY - AUGUST 13: Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks during a tour of the plant of the future foundry of the Tesla Gigafactory on August 13, 2021 in Grünheide near Berlin, Germany. The US company plans to build around 500,000 of the compact Model 3 and Model Y series here every year.
Converting Conference Rooms into Bedrooms
Bloomberg reports that Twitter recently transformed a number of conference rooms at the workplace into improvised bedrooms, complete with bedside tables and recliners.
The rationale behind converting these rooms may be attributed to the fact that Musk laid off thousands of employees once he took the Twitter reign. Hence, conference rooms may no longer be needed due to the company's reduced workforce.
Following a complaint regarding the beds, which are alleged to violate the building code, the city's Department of Building Inspections told the San Francisco Chronicle that it would perform a site assessment on the bird app's headquarters.
"So city of SF attacks companies providing beds for tired employees instead of making sure kids are safe from fentanyl. Where are your priorities @LondonBreed!?" the richest man in the world complained in a tweet on Wednesday, Dec. 7.
Musk included a link to a recent Chronicle article on a baby who apparently ingested fentanyl accidentally at a San Francisco playground and came dangerously close to dying.
This was a subtle jab to Breed who said that it is crucial to "keep public spaces safe" and emphasized the need for drug dealers to face consequences following the incident.
So city of SF attacks companies providing beds for tired employees instead of making sure kids are safe from fentanyl. Where are your priorities @LondonBreed!?https://t.co/M7QJWP7u0N
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 6, 2022
Homeless Shelter
It is worth noting that the billionaire once raised the idea of converting Twitter's offices into a homeless shelter before he completed the acquisition deal for the platform. He claimed that workers were not showing up to work as a result of the company's discontinued work-from-home setup.
Musk's takeover of the app has been met with concerns from the public since he reduced most of its workforce. He had once released an ultimatum for the remaining workers to work for longer hours, which did not sit well with some staff, prompting them to quit the company.
The tech entrepreneur has also requested several of his staff from Tesla and the Boring Co to help him at Twitter during the transition phase, in addition to expecting them to work longer hours and sleep in the office when needed.
Twitter is not the only Musk-owned business currently under probe by officials. His brain implant company Neuralink is also facing a federal investigation regarding animal welfare, which was opened by the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) inspector general for possible violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
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