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Businessman Elon Musk said people must work up to 100 hours a week to "change the world". Mr Musk started SpaceX, Tesla, and PayPal. His companies have changed our lives. He is a workaholic. He loves working. He said: "There are easier places to work, but nobody ever changed the world on 40 hours a week."

Mr Musk said "everyone" at Tesla has worked 100 hours per week at times this year. Some workers are unhappy with their long hours. Others like to work 70 hours per week. Musk said the "pain level" increases above 80 hours a week. The CEO of a billion-dollar company works about 70 hours a week.

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Businessman Elon Musk has said people must work up to 100 hours a week to "change the world". Mr Musk works very hard. He is the founder, CEO and lead designer of SpaceX; the co-founder of Tesla; and the co-founder of PayPal. His many projects have changed our lives. He is a workaholic but he loves working. He talked about hard work in an interview. He said: "There are easier places to work, but nobody ever changed the world on 40 hours a week."

Workers at Mr Musk's companies also work long hours. He said "everyone" at Tesla has worked 100 hours per week at times this year. Musk said some Tesla employees were unhappy with their long hours. Others said they like to work 70 hours per week. Musk said, the "pain level" increases above 80 hours a week. He didn't say what the pain was. The average CEO of a multi-billion-dollar company works about 70 hours a week.

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Successful businessman Elon Musk has said that people must work from 80 to 100 hours per week to "change the world". Mr Musk knows. He has his finger in many pies. He is the founder, CEO and lead designer of SpaceX; the co-founder of the car company Tesla; and the co-founder of PayPal. He works very hard on many projects that have changed our lives. He is a workaholic but he loves what he does. He talked about hard work in an interview with a technology news website. He said: "There are easier places to work, but nobody ever changed the world on 40 hours a week."

Workers at Mr Musk's companies also put in very long hours. He said "everyone" at Tesla has worked 100 hours per week at times this year. This was to make sure a Tesla car could survive. He said: "There wasn't some other way to do this." Musk said some Tesla employees were unhappy with their long hours. Some called the hours "excessive". Others said they prefer to work 70 or more hours per week. Musk said the "pain level" increases above 80 hours a week, but he didn't say what the pain was. The average CEO of a multi-billion-dollar company works about 70 hours a week.

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One of the world's most successful business leaders, Elon Musk, has said that people need to work from around 80 to over 100 hours per week to "change the world". Mr Musk knows what he is talking about because he has his finger in many pies. He is the founder, CEO and lead designer of SpaceX; the co-founder and CEO of the car company Tesla; and the co-founder of PayPal. He works very hard on many projects that have changed and could change our lives. He said he is a workaholic but he loves what he does. He talked about working hard in an interview with the technology news website Recode. He said: "There are way easier places to work, but nobody ever changed the world on 40 hours a week."

It is not just Mr Musk who works hard. Workers at his companies also put in very long hours. Musk said "everyone" at Tesla has worked 100 hours per week at times this year. He said this was necessary to make sure the Tesla Model 3 car could survive. He said: "There wasn't some other way to do this." Musk acknowledged that some Tesla employees were unhappy with working so hard. He said some workers called the hours "excessive," while others said they prefer to work 70 or more hours per week. Musk said the "pain level" of working hard increases above 80 hours a week, but he didn't say what the pain was. The average CEO of a multi-billion-dollar company works around 70 hours a week.

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