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You misread the story: it's not a house, just a cheaper hotel room.

• impossiblefork 10mo ago
  Yes, but if something is allowed and provides some advantage (lower cost, etc.) and there's competition it's going to be mandatory for somebody.
• exitb 10mo ago
  Still, I don’t think you can have a normal human experience devoting a significant portion of your life to work and a coffin. It seems like any low paying job that lets them get back home every evening would be better than this.
• torben-friis 10mo ago
  >You misread the story Did I? >Workers who moved out of London for remote work are under pressure to come back to the office in the city, and some are choosing to stay in Japanese-inspired sleeping pods >in 2025, there’s been a sharp recall in remote work offerings with major companies enforcing return to office mandates in London from HSBC to JPMorgan, Amazon, Salesforce and John Lewis. A typically dormitory with roughly a dozen capsules inside Zedwell Capsule Hotel. A typically dormitory with roughly a dozen capsules inside Zedwell Capsule Hotel. Sawdah Bhaimiya >Zedwell’s Aziz said one of the hotel’s core demographics is young professionals and hybrid workers who are using Zedwell as a “base in the city” due to their flexible working patterns which require them to be in the office for a few days a week. This is not travelling, it's moving workers half the week to the tube.