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You are free to live closer if you want to work there, not saying it's right or wrong, just not the 40 hour constant you bring up.

verall 3y ago
The 40 hours is interesting because it seems like you could also live further from work and it would go down to 0 hours.
mschuster91 3y ago
> You are free to live closer if you want to work there How? Most people can barely make rent as it is, the problem is that almost everywhere the large employers are in the city centers and people can't reasonably move close to there.
theshrike79 3y ago
I know multiple people first hand who moved away from their expensive homes to cheaper and bigger ones during the pandemic when WFH became a standard. There are exactly zero ways you can force those people from their homes back to city apartments. Their kids go to school in the new city, their SOs might have in-person jobs there, they have a huge yard and better quality of living. Some of them theoretically work under an hour away from their current job. If companies force WFH, they will just quit and find a new remote-only job.
- pif 3y ago
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- Gigachad 3y ago
  >If companies force WFH, they will just quit and find a new remote-only job. Cool, and I'll apply for the now open position as I have great train access to the city.
  - jen20 3y ago
    Dell is in Round Rock which has precisely zero train options besides the model railway exhibition each December, so unless you’re one of the Borrowers, you’re talking crap.
    - TexanFeller 3y ago
      Round Rock is near where a lot of those large and cheap houses are in the first place. The people in small and expensive apartments downtown moved near Round Rock or Cedar Park during the pandemic.
      - jen20 3y ago
        It’s where they _were_ before the pandemic. All the way out to Leander costs princely sums for cookie cutter suburbs these days. I doubt Dell have adjusted their pay to accommodate that.
    - verall 3y ago
      Our model railway runs hourly but it doesn't go to round rock :P
    - Gigachad 3y ago
      I was talking generally about most companies, but if Dell does have an office in the middle of nowhere, then I guess they will have problems.

verall 3y ago

The 40 hours is interesting because it seems like you could also live further from work and it would go down to 0 hours.

mschuster91 3y ago

> You are free to live closer if you want to work there How? Most people can barely make rent as it is, the problem is that almost everywhere the large employers are in the city centers and people can't reasonably move close to there.

theshrike79 3y ago

I know multiple people first hand who moved away from their expensive homes to cheaper and bigger ones during the pandemic when WFH became a standard. There are exactly zero ways you can force those people from their homes back to city apartments. Their kids go to school in the new city, their SOs might have in-person jobs there, they have a huge yard and better quality of living. Some of them theoretically work under an hour away from their current job. If companies force WFH, they will just quit and find a new remote-only job.

pif 3y ago
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Gigachad 3y ago
>If companies force WFH, they will just quit and find a new remote-only job. Cool, and I'll apply for the now open position as I have great train access to the city.
- jen20 3y ago
  Dell is in Round Rock which has precisely zero train options besides the model railway exhibition each December, so unless you’re one of the Borrowers, you’re talking crap.
  - TexanFeller 3y ago
    Round Rock is near where a lot of those large and cheap houses are in the first place. The people in small and expensive apartments downtown moved near Round Rock or Cedar Park during the pandemic.
    - jen20 3y ago
      It’s where they _were_ before the pandemic. All the way out to Leander costs princely sums for cookie cutter suburbs these days. I doubt Dell have adjusted their pay to accommodate that.
  - verall 3y ago
    Our model railway runs hourly but it doesn't go to round rock :P
  - Gigachad 3y ago
    I was talking generally about most companies, but if Dell does have an office in the middle of nowhere, then I guess they will have problems.