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The article interviews a restaurant manager and a construction site superintendent. Non tech workers are significantly more affected than tech workers, because
by GuiA 9y ago
The article interviews a restaurant manager and a construction site superintendent. Non tech workers are significantly more affected than tech workers, because they cannot afford to live closer to their place of employment, and do not have access to the perks (work from home, shuttles, etc.) that tech workers have.
- nathan_long 9y agoYes, I feel sorry for people whose jobs actually require them to go somewhere, and who are stuck in traffic behind a thousand nerds whose jobs arbitrarily demand a commute, and who have to compete with those highly-paid nerds to buy a house.
- kolpa 9y ago> whose jobs actually require them to go somewhere This jobs exist where they are because the "nerds" work there. They could choose not to work at those nerd-service jobs (forcing nerds to buy there food closer to home) or form a union to demand higher pay, or organize and build housing there. Also, "nerd" is unhelpful trash talking.
- nathan_long 9y ago> This jobs exist where they are because the "nerds" work there. Right. And here's one nerd who goes to lunch a couple times a week in a not-huge town far from the Bay area, supporting the ability of restaurant managers to not live there, either. > Also, "nerd" is unhelpful trash talking. I meant it to be humorous but not derogatory. I'm a programmer.
- acdha 9y agoYes - one of the biggest perks simply being more flexible hours. If you show up 15 minutes late there are penalties in many jobs but the average tech worker won’t even notice unless they’re late for an important meeting or the on-duty admin when something breaks.