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> you're now stuck with paying 7 years for an office you're not even using - that's objectively bad for any company's financials (and in some cases, bonuses for

> you're now stuck with paying 7 years for an office you're not even using - that's objectively bad for any company's financials (and in some cases, bonuses for decisionmakers tied to stuff like "cost per employee"). If your goal is to force employees to come back, and many of them quit as a result, now you don't have employees to fill your empty office with and you still owe the same money for the lease. It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to see that coming. > when people demand fast Internet at their homes to work efficiently or utilize other stuff such as water, electricity or trash more (because they'd have to expand their long-outdated, barely adequate service), utility providers have to invest serious amounts of money. Car insurances tied to distance driven per year lose money. Sorry, what? The water company is hurting because I flush the toilet a couple extra times a day on one side of town instead of the other? What extra garage am I producing sitting in my office? An extra wrapper from some lunch? The power that they use in the office almost certainly comes from exactly the same source as the power used by your home. And the whole point of pay-by-the-mile insurance is that you get it because you don't drive very much and want to save money. The insurance companies that don't get paid more when you drive more are the ones that hurt, because you're more likely to get in an accident and you're not paying extra. None of these "side industries" are hurting, and they probably haven't even noticed.

mschuster91 3y ago
> The water company is hurting because I flush the toilet a couple extra times a day on one side of town instead of the other? What extra garage am I producing sitting in my office? An extra wrapper from some lunch? The power that they use in the office almost certainly comes from exactly the same source as the power used by your home. The problem is usage patterns. Residential, sparsely populated districts have lower diameter water mains and sewage pipes, lower electricity feed capacity, small garbage cans with (bi-)weekly pickup, and often times not even enough Internet uplink for people to watch Netflix in decent quality. High density office districts are the exact opposite, and utilities make quite the amount of money on them.
- vladvasiliu 3y ago
  But usually people are either at home or at the office at the same time. So if the pipes can handle everyone being at home when they get up in the morning and shower at the same time to make the office at the same time, they could probably handle everyone being at home at noon. It might even be better, since now they can shower at different times. Ditto for electric, since people are more likely to stagger their laundry and whatnot. The only one that seems to apply is garbage, and possibly the internet pipes.
- bastawhiz 3y ago
  > The problem is usage patterns. Residential, sparsely populated districts have lower diameter water mains and sewage pipes, lower electricity feed capacity, small garbage cans with (bi-)weekly pickup Do you think the weekends don't exist?

mschuster91 3y ago

> The water company is hurting because I flush the toilet a couple extra times a day on one side of town instead of the other? What extra garage am I producing sitting in my office? An extra wrapper from some lunch? The power that they use in the office almost certainly comes from exactly the same source as the power used by your home. The problem is usage patterns. Residential, sparsely populated districts have lower diameter water mains and sewage pipes, lower electricity feed capacity, small garbage cans with (bi-)weekly pickup, and often times not even enough Internet uplink for people to watch Netflix in decent quality. High density office districts are the exact opposite, and utilities make quite the amount of money on them.

vladvasiliu 3y ago
But usually people are either at home or at the office at the same time. So if the pipes can handle everyone being at home when they get up in the morning and shower at the same time to make the office at the same time, they could probably handle everyone being at home at noon. It might even be better, since now they can shower at different times. Ditto for electric, since people are more likely to stagger their laundry and whatnot. The only one that seems to apply is garbage, and possibly the internet pipes.
bastawhiz 3y ago
> The problem is usage patterns. Residential, sparsely populated districts have lower diameter water mains and sewage pipes, lower electricity feed capacity, small garbage cans with (bi-)weekly pickup Do you think the weekends don't exist?