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Elon Musk announced the end of remote work on Twitter on Wednesday. Musk, who took over Twitter on Oct. 27, sent an email to his employees for the first time on Wednesday. Email sent at 2:39 am ET, according to a time stamp on the email reviewed by Insider. The billionaire wrote in the email that employees will no longer be allowed to work remotely. Twitter expected staff to be in the office for at least 40 hours a week unless Musk gave them approval to work elsewhere, according to the email. Musk told Twitter employees “the road ahead is arduous and will require intense work to succeed.” The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX also wrote in the email that there is “no way to get the message across” about the current economic climate and its impact on Twitter, which depends on advertising. Twitter did not respond to Insider’s request for comment after hours. Days after Musk completed his deal with Twitter, employees noticed that the company’s “rest days,” implemented by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, had been removed from their calendars, sources told Insider. While Dorsey encouraged staff to avoid burnout, Musk’s other companies like SpaceX and Tesla are known to work long hours. The change in tone on Twitter is already evident after the social media platform posted a photo showing a manager sleeping on the floor at its San Francisco headquarters last week. Bloomberg reported earlier on the letter. Read the full email Musk sent to employees: Sorry this is my first email to the whole company but there is no way to cover the message. Frankly, the future financial picture is dire, especially for a company like ours that is so dependent on advertising in a difficult economic climate. In addition, 70% of our advertising is brand and not performance specific, which makes us doubly vulnerable! That’s why the priority over the past ten days has been developing and rolling out Blue Verified Twitter accounts (huge props to the team!). Without significant subscription revenue, there’s a good chance Twitter won’t survive the coming economic downturn. We need about half of our revenue to be subscription. Of course, we’ll still be heavily reliant on advertising, so I’m spending time with our sales and partnerships teams to ensure Twitter continues to be attractive to advertisers. This is the Spaces discussion that Robin, Yoel and I hosted today: Links to the Twitter Spaces recording called “Elon Q&A: Advertising & the Future. The road ahead is arduous and will require intense work to succeed. We’re also changing Twitter’s policy so that remote work is no longer allowed unless you have a specific exemption. Administrators will send me the exception lists for review and approval. Starting tomorrow (Thursday), everyone is required to be in the office for at least 40 hours a week. Obviously, if you are physically unable to travel to an office or have a critical personal obligation, then your absence is understandable. I look forward to working with you to take Twitter to a whole new level. The possibilities are truly incredible! Thanks, Elon