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Amazon offices are typically located in transit-accessible places, aren't they? People choosing to live in places where they need a car to do anything are the "
by cozzyd 3y ago
Amazon offices are typically located in transit-accessible places, aren't they? People choosing to live in places where they need a car to do anything are the "problem" here...
- MissTake 3y agoThis sounds like “victim” blaming. Amazon, like other big companies, hired people during Covid telling them it was a fully remote job. Now these companies are telling the same employees to now come into the office. Why blame employees here?
- cozzyd 3y agoDid they tell them it was fully remote indefinitely? Sure, I guess if people believed that then that can be unfortunate for them, but if they lived out in the boonies,they most likely they have a huge CO2 footprint anyway unless they never leave their home, making the climate change argument seem slightly disingenuous to me...
- jedberg 3y ago> Did they tell them it was fully remote indefinitely? Yes. I was hired during COVID and the recruiters kept telling me that the job will be remote forever. They also told current employees that they can feel free to move and work remotely and to let them know if they change states for tax reasons. I asked for that in writing and they gave it to me in writing.
- cozzyd 3y agoWell, that's pretty messed up then!
- snarfy 3y agoHave you actually taken a bus into Seattle? It's not much of a choice between the $1.5M house near the office and the $350k house twice the size 40 minutes away.
- TurkishPoptart 3y agoThere are no houses that cheap 40 minutes from Seattle...
- zeusk 3y agoPort Orchard has some in the 400-500 range, but the ferry commute isn't ideal.
- cozzyd 3y agoI've only been to Seattle a few times (though I did ride the bus downtown from the airport before the airport Link was built). My understanding is that Seattle has a robust suburban commuter bus and ferry network (though admittedly, a lacking commuter rail network...). Here in Chicago, I believe Amazon has offices at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Center_(Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Center_(Chicago) which is a place where driving makes very little sense.
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- zeusk 3y agoHave you seen a transit map of Seattle? I'm guessing not by that comment.