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>What about folks who don't have the luxury of jobs where they can work remotely? I would bet >50% of the people working in the bay area who say they can't wor
by eip 9y ago
>What about folks who don't have the luxury of jobs where they can work remotely?
I would bet >50% of the people working in the bay area who say they can't work remote are doing jobs that could very easily be done remote.
Do you work on a computer? You can do that remote.
- sushid 9y agoIt's not that they are unable to do the work remotely, it might be frowned upon or straight up not allowed for some workers.
- exolymph 9y agoYeah, but you also need to work for a company that will let you work remote. Or find another job.
- tomjakubowski 9y agoedit: I phrased this originally in a way that the community didn’t care for. Plenty of people work on, and require physical access to, computer systems that can’t practically be made available to remote workers.
- tomkarlo 9y agoThe folks who are having the most trouble living in SF - the ones who don't work in tech - often don't spend all day looking at a computer, and have to be physically present at a specific location to do their work. They're teachers, firefighters, nurses, chefs, mechanics, contractors, etc. Generally the tech crowd is impacted the least by housing prices, because they have higher incomes and more job mobility.
- gozur88 9y agoEmployers are still leery of too much work-from-home. My company allows it, but only one day a week. Even people who are ostensibly working from home full time typically have to show up to the office occasionally for meetings and such, so they can't move too far.