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The perk companies should be offering employees: Help with housing
- dv_dt 9y agoI think the name for "help with housing" is income... otherwise we are just looking at the return of company towns.
- revmoo 9y agoAgreed, this is a terrifically dumb idea. It's bad enough that you usually lose your healthcare after being let go.
- davidjnelson 9y agoA few ways I've seen or can imagine for how to own a nice house in the Bay Area: a) Get through the gauntlet at Google/Facebook; have a low quality of life living with roommates etc. for 10 years; save and invest like crazy b) work for a mid size pre ipo start up that has a great exit c) win the lottery d) inherit a house from your parents e) have rich and generous parents who buy you a house or give you a massive chunk of cash for a down payment f) become an executive g) start a highly profitable business h) buy in the exurbs and have an awful commute i) move to Seattle or similar j) work remotely and leave the Bay Area k) buy a house and split the mortgage with three or four friends l) buy a place you don't like, and use the equity to upgrade every five years until you are in a nice house Those all seem like they would work. Any other methods?
- borplk 9y agoNo perk better than cash. I don't want a nanny company.
- davidjnelson 9y agoAgree. But companies aren't offering enough salary to buy something nice with a short commute.