Re:Facebook is giving $1k to every employee
by gdubs on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:55PM
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Because people are going to have to keep paying for services they no longer get value from. Someone has to clean the house, watch and educate the kids, etc.
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Re:Facebook is giving $1k to every employee
by mgkimsal on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:16PM
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because.... they're working from home? if that's the case, that was a piece of info I was missing.
I suspect even if they're working from home, having a nanny/cleaner/etc at home isn't "no value" just "less value".
But I still don't know why - if this is the case - why people who are still employed/working full time, getting their regular paycheck, just working from home, would feel the need to stop whatever domestic services they had in place.
Re:Facebook is giving $1k to every employee
by patejam on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:29PM
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>But I still don't know why - if this is the case - why people who are still employed/working full time, getting their regular paycheck, just working from home, would feel the need to stop whatever domestic services they had in place.
Because there's a pandemic going on and they don't want outside people in their house? Also, some of these services are now illegal in many cities including SF (Child/adult/senior care is still allowed. I'm assuming cleaners aren't.)