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I'm fully remote and love it, but let's not pretend that Apple engineers are at risk of homelessness if they decide they don't want to work at apple anymore

• belter 5y ago
  We could make a little joke about Foxconn always being an option, but the joke punchline is sold separately...
• curtastic2 5y ago
  Exactly. Some companies will be fully remote and some won’t. It’s easy to switch tech jobs in the Bay Area and you can pick one that suits you. Apple was always in person.
• kodah 5y ago
  Actually, I'd caution you there. There's roughly 25k Apple employees in the Bay area and Apple is a top payer in terms of salary. I've been shopping for homes in the Bay since I arrived and South Bay is easily 1M+ for a very tiny home. Oakland is about 600k+ and usually both markets require cash on top to get a home. That puts average mortgages (and rent) in the 3-5k range. If the average salary is limited by the number of companies that can pay more than 3-5k per paycheck (you want rent or mortgage to be 1/3 of your paycheck for risk purposes) then yes, Apple employees, depending on when they get their place to live, could already be over leveraged and at risk.
  • tmp_anon_22 5y ago
    > Apple is a top payer in terms of salary Is it though? Citation needed.
    • kodah 5y ago
      Beside the point, if they're not it makes matters worse. Last I checked though, Apple is a top payer - just not the top payer.