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The companies move to where the good employees want to live so that they can hire and retain good employees. I hope that explains that for you.
by SamReidHughes 13y ago
The companies move to where the good employees want to live so that they can hire and retain good employees. I hope that explains that for you.
- dllthomas 13y agoThe alternative proposed was "distributed, remote employee base", which - if it worked - would let you hire and retain good employees wherever they wanted to live (even if they didn't all want to live near each other). So your explanation alone doesn't address the issue.
- SamReidHughes 13y agoThere are plenty of reasons not to do the alternative. Are we now going to iterate them and iterate counter-reasons and such and such? It's a waste of time.
- dllthomas 13y agoThere are doubtless plenty of reasons, but discussing them would seem to be substantially less a waste of time than answering obvious questions that weren't asked. Particularly since at least one person doesn't seem to understand them.
- LogicX 13y agoWhich came first? Do people want to be in SF - or are they there because there are jobs? Anecdotal, but I know people who live in SF who would rather be back in Myrtle Beach, SC - as soon as there's a similar opportunity or a remote work opportunity for them. The quality of life and work-life balance is not in SF for them. wyclif: I agree that more companies will solve this problem with distributed, remote teams - which is what we're leveraging to attract those folks to the Beach. http://WhyNotTheBeach.com http://WhyNotTheBeach.com
- coops 13y agoFunny to see this post pop up in a thread about how dysfunctional SF city government is. Myrtle Beach is effectively governed by an oligarchy of property development families.
- jessaustin 13y agoI've never lived in either city, but while I've certainly heard a fair bit about San Francisco's idiosyncrasies, I have basically no impression of Myrtle Beach at all. In your estimation, what aspects of MB are as bad as the complaints I see about SF, and how do those stem from the governance model you describe?
- coops 13y agoThis is a terrible question so I'm not going to answer it, but if you are interested in reading about the corrupt history of Myrtle Beach (and the greater Grand Strand area) I strongly recommend Will Murdock's Banana Republic: A Year in the Heart of Myrtle Beach. http://www.amazon.com/Banana-Republic-Heart-Myrtle-Beach/dp/0972382909/ http://www.amazon.com/Banana-Republic-Heart-Myrtle-Beach/dp/...
- jessaustin 13y agoWell, no, I'm not actually interested enough to do the homework you've assigned me. I guess I'll just have to take your unsupported assertions about Myrtle Beach at face value.
- wyclif 13y agoIt doesn't explain that at all. Not all of the "good employees" want to live in SF, especially if they want to own a home or have children. The point is that it's not necessary to ask people to live in places where there's all this stress surrounding finding a place to live, finding a good school for your kid, and having a decent quality of life.
- dllthomas 13y agoI'm not sure the companies moving there think "good employees" can want to own a home or have children.
- jhonovich 13y agoHypothetically, if they could move/live wherever they wanted, what percentage of the people who live in SF/SV would choose to leave? Are we saying none or something trival like 5% or 10%?