Martha Stewart has blasted companies for allowing employees to work from home, saying it would drive America ‘down the drain’.
Stewart, 81, shared her candid thoughts on working remotely in an interview with Footwear News, published on Monday, saying people can’t “maybe do it all by working three days a week in the office and two days away. distance”.
The octogenarian cook, author, TV personality and media mogul detailed her busy work schedule and even revealed that she “continued to work five days a week” during the coronavirus pandemic.
Stewart is worth around $400 million thanks to her Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia empire which works in publishing, broadcast and product lines.
The entrepreneur’s comments come at a time when more companies are offering their employees a hybrid working model, with many asking their employees to come in just two and a half days a week.
Martha Stewart, 81, shared her candid thoughts on working remotely in an interview with Footwear News. She is pictured at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2023 issue launch, New York, May 18, 2023
Stewart is worth around $400 million thanks to her Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia empire. She is pictured paying tribute to the late talk show host Larry King at the 48th Daytime Emmy Awards on June 25, 2021
Stewart compared the current American approach to working with France, calling it “a country with little prosperity.”
She noted that many French companies allow their employees time off from work during the summer months – many receiving 30 days a year of paid leave.
“Look at the success of France with their stupid… you know, in August, blah blah blah,” Stewart said.
“It’s not a very prosperous country. Should America take the plunge because people don’t want to go back to work? »
The Martha Stewart Living founder told the publication she’s been going wild to get people back to the office.
It was revealed last month that the number of companies offering their staff the option to work from home had increased again compared to the previous three months.
Data collected from Scoop Technologies indicates that the number of companies requiring a full-time presence in the office fell from 49% in March to just 42% in May.
The index of nearly 4,500 companies found that companies only require 2.5 office days from flexible workers.
It was revealed last month that the number of companies offering staff the option to work from home has increased again compared to the previous three months (file image)
Stewart compared the current American approach to working with France, calling it “a country with little prosperity.” She is pictured at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2023 issue launch, New York, May 18, 2023
Stewart is just the latest personality to portray working from home as a disaster for businesses.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk in May condemned working from home as “morally wrong”, saying the practice was unfair to service workers who still have to show up.
Musk, who is worth an estimated $175.8 billion and is the second richest person in the world, has often criticized working from home which has become a necessity for many during the Covid-19 shutdowns.
The Twitter boss called Silicon Valley tech workers “la-la-land living laptop classes” in an interview with CNBC last month.
He told The Network’s David Faber that he believes being in the office increases productivity, but also said his opposition to working from home was a “moral issue”.
“The whole work-from-home thing is kind of like, I think it’s, like, there are a few exceptions, but I kind of think the whole notion of working from home is kind of like, you know, the fake Marie Antoinette quote, “Let them eat cake,” he told Faber.
Last night Tesla boss Elon Musk (pictured) condemned working from home as ‘morally wrong’, saying the practice is unfair to service workers who have yet to report
‘It’s like, it’s like really? You’re going to work from home and you’re going to bring everyone who made your car to work at the factory? You’re going to have the people who cook your food delivered – can’t they work from home? The people who come to fix your house? They can’t work from home, but can you?
“Does that seem morally right to you?” He asked. ‘That’s fucked up.’
“It’s a question of productivity, but it’s also a moral question. People should get off their goddamn moral horse with these bulls**t because they’re asking everyone not to work from home while they’re doing it. It’s wrong.’
