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> Unfortunately this can be a race to the bottom This works as an argument against 8h work day and 5-day work week too. Ultimately if something is better for
by ajuc 2y ago
> Unfortunately this can be a race to the bottom
This works as an argument against 8h work day and 5-day work week too.
Ultimately if something is better for the society (and WFH obviously is - commute time, carbon footprint, land prices, housing crisis - it helps with almost everything) - we should just force companies to use it by regulation, so that there's no "race" in that regard cause the conditions are the same for everybody.
The exact regulation is tricky, but sth in the spirit of "if your job can be WFH you should have an option of WFH" is a good starting point.
- abustamam 2y agoI agree that WFH is better for society, but anecdotally, it probably caused more of a housing crisis here in CA. Folks took their bay area salaries and moved to cheaper suburbs and totally wrecked the RE market. And I have read stories of similar things happening in other places that techies flocked to, like Austin, though I don't think it's necessarily fair to blame that on remote work because there were other factors in play there (politics for example)
- ajuc 2y ago> Folks took their bay area salaries and moved to cheaper suburbs and totally wrecked the RE market. Isn't that what we want? Land prices averaging out? Then we can build where it's cheaper so more people have homes (with access to good jobs). It probably won't be limited to suburbs, if you can WFH from the same state - you can WFH from another state.
- rescbr 2y agoLand prices averaged up, but local salaries aren’t doing the same.
- CalRobert 2y agoIsn’t that improving the housing shortage in the bay?
- zeroonetwothree 2y agoAnd many high performing companies famously expect employees to work more than 8h/day and/or weekends.
- ajuc 2y agoSome people steal, does not mean stealing is fine or that we shouldn't ban it.