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I agree with you, but these companies all own a lot of real estate they need to be able to justify on their balance sheets. Apple just built a giant new campus

by Lammy 5y ago

I agree with you, but these companies all own a lot of real estate they need to be able to justify on their balance sheets. Apple just built a giant new campus before The Event so of course they want to justify it by seeing butts in chairs.

haliskerbas 5y ago
I’m sure the (widely considered, not universally) most innovative and maybe most profitable company in the world could figure out something to do with that office space. Perhaps make it a hub for more teams, and close down rental spaces all over the bay. Make the gym and cafeteria way bigger. Obviously this is arm chair thinking on my part, but I find it hard to believe that given enough thought they couldn’t make the numbers work out.
- Aeolun 5y ago
  Or just accept that the numbers don’t work out. The numbers cannot possibly have worked out for the past year, but it hasn’t hurt them any.
wmf 5y ago
Before the pandemic, Apple's problem was having far too many employees to fit in the spaceship. They can probably fill that campus just with people voluntarily returning.
MarcScott 5y ago
I'm guessing you're referencing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnd1jKcfBRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnd1jKcfBRE
joegahona 5y ago
> Apple just built a giant new campus before The Event so of course they want to justify it by seeing butts in chairs. Same with Asana, whose founder recently announced[1] "Asana will have an office-centric synchronized hybrid environment," which is another way of saying "employees may work from home on Wednesdays only." [1] https://twitter.com/moskov/status/1384556019636862982 https://twitter.com/moskov/status/1384556019636862982
ineedasername 5y ago
Sublease! Imagine the social capital a company could get by bragging about being located on the Apple campus. That would be worth a high premium over other leased spaces.

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I agree with you, but these companies all own a lot of real estate they need to be able to justify on their balance sheets. Apple just built a giant new campus

by Lammy 5y ago

haliskerbas 5y ago
I’m sure the (widely considered, not universally) most innovative and maybe most profitable company in the world could figure out something to do with that office space. Perhaps make it a hub for more teams, and close down rental spaces all over the bay. Make the gym and cafeteria way bigger. Obviously this is arm chair thinking on my part, but I find it hard to believe that given enough thought they couldn’t make the numbers work out.
- Aeolun 5y ago
  Or just accept that the numbers don’t work out. The numbers cannot possibly have worked out for the past year, but it hasn’t hurt them any.
wmf 5y ago
Before the pandemic, Apple's problem was having far too many employees to fit in the spaceship. They can probably fill that campus just with people voluntarily returning.
MarcScott 5y ago
I'm guessing you're referencing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnd1jKcfBRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnd1jKcfBRE
joegahona 5y ago
> Apple just built a giant new campus before The Event so of course they want to justify it by seeing butts in chairs. Same with Asana, whose founder recently announced[1] "Asana will have an office-centric synchronized hybrid environment," which is another way of saying "employees may work from home on Wednesdays only." [1] https://twitter.com/moskov/status/1384556019636862982 https://twitter.com/moskov/status/1384556019636862982
ineedasername 5y ago
Sublease! Imagine the social capital a company could get by bragging about being located on the Apple campus. That would be worth a high premium over other leased spaces.