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Companies put their offices in expensive cities because that’s where most of the people who work for them want to live. If Google decided to move their HQ to ru
by esoterica 7y ago
Companies put their offices in expensive cities because that’s where most of the people who work for them want to live. If Google decided to move their HQ to rural Kansas tomorrow, most of the company would quit overnight.
- bluedino 7y agoGoogle isn't in Kansas because Kansas isn't silicon valley. Google is in Mountain View because it's down the road from Stanford.
- falcolas 7y ago> If Google decided to move their HQ to rural Kansas tomorrow, most of the company would quit overnight. Which is merely a different form of "I got mine, F' you" from some employees (especially the C level employees) to other employees.
- onemoresoop 7y agoBut why wouldn't they have a smaller branch in Kansas? (maybe not Kansas but there are a lot of places in the US other than NY and CALI). And smaller offices all over the US?? It would be cheaper too, employees would maybe consider moving to a smaller hub where they could actually buy a home, local economies would benefit as well, etc..
- esoterica 7y agoBig companies do have satellite offices all over the place.
- mattnewton 7y agoGoogle has small branches around the US (and around the world) hiring. https://careers.google.com/locations/ https://careers.google.com/locations/ A common joke (prank? Advertising tactic?) internally is to make links with titles about finding affordable housing refer to the Pittsburg office page, and people do make the switch. Just less than keep coming to the Bay Area I bet. Disclaimer: Random Google grunt, my opinions are my own, I don’t know anything you don’t about google’s plans to expand offices, etc.