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Offices make so much sense. Remote work in the limit just offloads office costs onto the employee. Many people will be happy with that, as they’re privileged to
by randomsearch 5y ago
Offices make so much sense. Remote work in the limit just offloads office costs onto the employee. Many people will be happy with that, as they’re privileged to live in big houses with spare rooms, but the young and less well off will suffer. Kinda annoying to hear execs of banks or whatever see remote work as cost cutting.
Even if you compensate people for the extra space and wear and tear on their property, you’ll end up further inflating the housing bubble as larger homes are in short supply.
- legerdemain 5y agoThe young and less well off can just move back in with their parents. Most engineers I know come from relative wealth (parents are lawyers/real estate investors/company owners), so a lot of my peers are doing exactly that. I think it's mostly HackerNews types who believe that losing free meal service and providing their employer with free office space makes them truly free.
- winrid 5y agoThis is a terrible idea, especially if you want to have any sort of romantic life...