Elon Musk says he’s going to spice up childcare advantages at his firms as a part of his mission to deal with the “underpopulation disaster” that he adamantly claims is “the most important hazard civilization faces by far.” The world’s richest man presently runs Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Firm — he was additionally about to helm Twitter till he tried to again out of the $44 billion buyout, a lot to the discontent of the corporate’s board.
“Children are value it if in any respect potential,” Musk writes. “I’m planning to extend childcare advantages at my firms considerably. Hopefully, different firms do the identical.” Musk’s assertion is available in response to a tweet asking in regards to the monetary implications of getting a number of youngsters, a thread that Nick Cannon, who additionally has a rising household, even chimed in on. Musk provides that the Musk Basis will “donate on to households” as properly, however it’s unclear what precisely this implies. Musk says he’ll share extra particulars about these plans subsequent month.
Children are value it if in any respect potential. I’m planning to extend childcare advantages at my firms considerably.
Hopefully, different firms do identical.
Additionally, Musk Basis plans to donate on to households.
Hopefully, particulars to be introduced subsequent month.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 8, 2022
As identified by Insider, Tesla presently supplies as much as 16 weeks of paid household depart, in addition to covers as much as $40,000 for fertility companies. Job listings for Neuralink point out that it gives parental depart, however it’s unclear what sort of family-related advantages SpaceX and The Boring Firm have to supply.
Musk has introduced up a collapsing start charge several instances in the recent past, and rehashed the subject as soon as once more after a report from Insider revealed that Musk had twins with one in all his high Neuralink executives, Shivon Zilis, final yr. Whereas Musk didn’t instantly verify the report, he tweeted: “Doing my finest to assist the underpopulation disaster,” shortly after the claims surfaced. Musk, who presently has 9 identified youngsters, has made huge guarantees in response to tweets up to now — some that he’s adopted via on, and a few… not a lot.
By means of Twitter, he committed to funding Flint, Michigan to assist residents entry clear water — which town not too long ago used to unveil clear consuming fountains in colleges — and likewise responded to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plea to ship over Starlink satellites at the beginning of Russia’s invasion. We’ll need to see if Musk follows via on his promise to extend childcare advantages, or if it’s only a whimsical assertion that his promise to rework Twitter is beginning to seem to be.