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Heres and idea: Want me to go back to office ? Convert some of the space into housing/apartment/living space. Rent it to employee for free/cheap as benefit.
by matz1 5y ago
Heres and idea:
Want me to go back to office ?
Convert some of the space into housing/apartment/living space.
Rent it to employee for free/cheap as benefit.
Not only I'll go back to office, I'll live in the office.
- refurb 5y agoNothing like sharing a bathroom with a dozen other residents. Maybe they can give you exclusive use of a stall?
- matz1 5y agoDoesn't have to be sharing bathroom. It can have private bathroom & private kitchen just like regular apartment/studio.
- refurb 5y agoGo look at all the plumbing in a commercial building. There is a reason why the toilets are all in one location. If you need to plumb all new water sources, sewer, air handling and electrical it’s not going to be all that attractive to retrofit.
- Redoubts 5y ago100 Van Ness seemed like a nice retrofit.
- refurb 5y agoWell that looks god damn luxurious. I have no doubt it can be done, it's probably just not cheap so not a great solution to the housing crisis. And, like your example, depends on location and such to make it financially viable to retrofit. Just as an observation, if you look at the different floor plans, most of the bathrooms and some of the kitchens are located at the immediate entrance to the unit (more towards the center of the building). I assume that's to minimize the cost of running plumbing from the center out to the edge. But that's a guess, it would depend on the original layout. But it does look like a consistent feature.
- matz1 5y agoyes of course it will require significant retrofit. The benefit seems significant compared to the cost for the company: to attract employee to want to work in the office.
- SilverRed 5y agoSharing a toilet isn't that bad as long as it still has paid cleaners.
- barry-cotter 5y agoBenefits are taxed. If you get free housing you'll get taxed on the difference between market rate and the amount you're paying. If that difference is 100% you'll get taxed based on teh full market value of your "free" housing. And if they fire you you'll have to deal with two of the top ten most stressful life experiences at once.
- theshrike79 5y agoIt's just a matter of branding and wording really. =) "Free housing for employees" vs "A private lockable office with a really comfy sofa and a private fridge wink wink nudge nudge"
- rolleiflex 5y agoI know as a matter of fact that this does not work. This is regularly checked and municipalities are on top of it. When I worked at FAANG the company was fairly direct about this, with the internal communication about this being in the form of ‘we don’t care, but please don’t do it because y’all got caught several times and it’s a massive fine every time’.
- gruez 5y ago>I know as a matter of fact that this does not work. This is regularly checked and municipalities are on top of it. Seriously? Are municipal employees really staking out FAANG offices to bust people living in them? This seems like a weird sense of priorities to me.
- R0b0t1 5y agoHave to second this, I've heard far more stories of inspectors (as rarely as they come) ignoring an obvious loft in an improperly zoned area.
- matz1 5y agoTax won't necessarily be an issue, the total net cost of my housing can still be cheaper than if I pay it myself. >And if they fire you you'll have to deal with two of the top ten most stressful life experiences at once Of course but few thing could be done by the company to minimize the stress. This cons is not significant enough for me.
- listless 5y agoI don’t understand the downvotes on HN. This is a novel idea, even if I think it’s…not for me. Thank you for adding something interesting to the conversation.