Ford Motor Co. is cracking down on remote work, with some white-collar employees saying they’ve been warned their jobs could come to a screeching halt if they don’t start showing up to the office.

The Detroit automaker informed salaried staff in June that starting September 1, most would need to be in the office four days a week, an escalation from the three-day work weeks most people worked, according to Reuters .

The company framed the change as part of CEO Jim Farley’s broader push to make Ford a leaner, faster-moving electric-vehicle company.

Since then, employees say Ford has begun sending automated attendance warnings based on badge-swipe data, flagging those not meeting the new requirements, according to Business Insider .

Three current and former employees told the b

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