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Despite the overall theme of this interaction, opening an office in the East Bay seems more employee friendly than keeping them in Palo Alto.
by Eridrus 9y ago
Despite the overall theme of this interaction, opening an office in the East Bay seems more employee friendly than keeping them in Palo Alto.
- theoracle101 9y agoYou're missing the point of the article, its not an East Bay vs. Palo Alto debate
- tootie 9y agoIf the company is still succeeding, then it doesn't seem to be an unreasonable move. The company doesn't operate for the benefit of employees commutes. If they can still attract and retain talent and have a more practical work space, then great.
- petre 9y agoAny company/CEO who wastes 45 x 2 minutes of my life on a commute is bound to get a quit notice.
- ghaff 9y agoA company that isn't either all-remote or encouraging of significant WFH is going to satisfy some people and not others with respect to commuting.
- tootie 9y agoThen they'll get people who live closer. Like I said, their business isn't built to give employees short commutes. Certainly retention is in their interests, but it's a means to an end. Moving their office is also a means to an end.
- TulliusCicero 9y agoThen why'd most of them leave?
- Eridrus 9y agoBecause the company was staffed by those developers already happy working in Palo Alto, obviously. I'm just speculating that there may be more developers who are happy with the East Bay location in the wider pool of developers, not that this was a good move for the then current employees.