$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes

Re:$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes by davidw on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:02PM (#20215310)

I've worked remote, and it's ok, but it's not the same thing as being in the office. It's not the same thing as having a bunch of local companies to choose from. Or from the company's point of view, it's nice to have a lot of local workers. And then there's stuff like high quality universities, and of course venture capital.

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Re:$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes by CiPHPerCoder on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:05PM (#20215354)

> It's not the same thing as having a bunch of local companies to choose from.

What is the intrinsic advantage to having "local companies" to choose from in a world where every company you'd want to work for also offered remote positions?

> Or from the company's point of view, it's nice to have a lot of local workers.

Same question for that perspective, except I do have a few ideas of a cynical answer to that question from the company's perspective.

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Re:$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes by filoleg on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:55PM (#20216114)

>What is the intrinsic advantage to having "local companies" to choose from in a world where every company you'd want to work for also offered remote positions?

The advantage is that on the path in-between now and the perfect future where all companies are remote-first( that we are not sure will ever happen), you will not be at a significant disadvantage when it comes to job prospects. I don't think that many people would be willing to heavily limit their job prospects (not even taking into account all the other advantages that come with living in a densely populated coastal city) while waiting for that "bright all-remote future" that may never come.

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Re:$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes by CiPHPerCoder on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @02:03PM (#20216264)

As a short-term strategic move, sure. That's pragmatic.

But given a ceteris paribus comparison of the two, my question is what is inherently superior about the onsite position over the remote position?

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Re:$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes by onemoresoop on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:05PM (#20215363)

How about remote offices or remote subdivisions? It always worked out, why wouldn't it work out now?

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Re:$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes by davidw on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:08PM (#20215397)

Remote offices seem like a good compromise once a company is big enough. There are still coordination issues though, I would imagine.

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