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-=> Quoting Mro to Tiny <=-
Mr> I think what the powers that be are shooting for are live-work
Mr> buildings. No need for a car. no need to leave.
Ti> That sounds horible. I thought a tech company tried this and it failed
Ti> on them?
Facebook has built a campus in Menlo Park with housing, dining,
entertainment, and more. It was finished right before COVID and remote
work, I'm not sure what happened to it.
From my perspective, it seems like another means of extracting more
work out of employees, and building an echo chamber of like minds -
which isn't necessarily a good thing.
They're also targeting recent college grads, who may have been
comfortable in a social/college work environment where you worked and
lived in the same environment without a sense of worktime/social time.
Moving from that environment to a similar corporate environment would
make it difficult to create separate work and social lives or work/life
balance.
And, what happens if/when you're laid off? I couldn't imagine losing your
job and having to look for a place to rent at the same time. That's
almost as bad as getting a grace period and living in the company of
people you no longer work with.
Mr> you live. It's like you're in prison 24/7. I've been doordashing a little
Mr> bit and i've already seen some of these places. They make it attractive
Mr> but they are still cages.
Ti> Not for me.
Ti> Shawn
Ti> ... Programmers love their tools!
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