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“The more senior you are, the more visible must…”

Elon Musk to SpaceX executives, June 2022

Memo to SpaceX executives reported on June 1 2022 setting an in-office minimum of 40 hours per week. A parallel memo went to Tesla. Only two sentences are quoted by the source; exact send date not shown.

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From: Elon Musk
Sent: June 2022
To: SpaceX executives
Subject: Not shown in source

Only part of this email is public. The text below is the portion quoted in the source.

The more senior you are, the more visible must be your presence [...] That is why I spent so much time in the factory — so that those on the line could see me working alongside them. If I had not done that, SpaceX would long ago have gone bankrupt.

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