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Of course he wants to get rid of the busses. Salesforce is located in San Francisco. If highly talented tech workers are forced to drive or take public transpor

by gyc 13y ago

Of course he wants to get rid of the busses. Salesforce is located in San Francisco. If highly talented tech workers are forced to drive or take public transportation down to Mountain View, working at Salesforce starts to look like a very attractive option.

waterlesscloud 13y ago
Isn't that a better option, to work where you live?
- baddox 13y ago
  According to this report, 8.1% of Americans commute more than an hour, which I assume is slightly longer than the Google bus ride from SF. 23% of these Americans use public transit. It hardly seems unreasonable to live in SF and work in Mountain View. edit: forgot the link. http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/cb13-41.html http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/american_co...
  - doktrin 13y ago
    The penalty of a commute is not simply measured in time. Commuting from SF to MV, Menlo, or really anywhere on the Peninsula with public transit is kind of ridiculous. Given the lack of Caltrain stops in the city, coupled with the fact that just about none of the large tech companies are based near Caltrain stations on the other end means at least 2 transfers (bus -> caltrain -> shuttle). I can attest that it is very difficult to get any meaningful work done when you're hopping on and off busses and trains every 25 minutes. Contrast this with a luxury coach shuttle bus, which is a wi-fi enabled productive commute. Even if they were to take precisely as many minutes, they really are polar opposites on the pain spectrum (first world problems class pain, but still pain).
- Crito 13y ago
  A better option than working for who you would like to work for? No, it isn't a better option. If it were a better option, then people would make that decision regardless of the damn buses.

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Of course he wants to get rid of the busses. Salesforce is located in San Francisco. If highly talented tech workers are forced to drive or take public transpor

by gyc 13y ago

waterlesscloud 13y ago
Isn't that a better option, to work where you live?
- baddox 13y ago
  According to this report, 8.1% of Americans commute more than an hour, which I assume is slightly longer than the Google bus ride from SF. 23% of these Americans use public transit. It hardly seems unreasonable to live in SF and work in Mountain View. edit: forgot the link. http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/cb13-41.html http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/american_co...
  - doktrin 13y ago
    The penalty of a commute is not simply measured in time. Commuting from SF to MV, Menlo, or really anywhere on the Peninsula with public transit is kind of ridiculous. Given the lack of Caltrain stops in the city, coupled with the fact that just about none of the large tech companies are based near Caltrain stations on the other end means at least 2 transfers (bus -> caltrain -> shuttle). I can attest that it is very difficult to get any meaningful work done when you're hopping on and off busses and trains every 25 minutes. Contrast this with a luxury coach shuttle bus, which is a wi-fi enabled productive commute. Even if they were to take precisely as many minutes, they really are polar opposites on the pain spectrum (first world problems class pain, but still pain).
- Crito 13y ago
  A better option than working for who you would like to work for? No, it isn't a better option. If it were a better option, then people would make that decision regardless of the damn buses.