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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by twobitshifter on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @09:20PM (#26976389)
Even without a commute, the point still stands. Young kids are usually in bed by around 7, that’s enough time to eat and take a bath, maybe read a story and that’s it.
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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by bradlys on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @10:18PM (#26976745)
So what? That's the standard work environment and the reality for most Americans. This has nothing to do with Google or SFBA then.
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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by Apocryphon on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @11:36PM (#26977155)
Maybe the standard work environment has been wrong and should be changed and WFH is the way to do it.
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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by bradlys on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @11:52PM (#26977253)
That's fine - but that's not what I was talking about. I'm specifically saying if you work for Google - you can afford to live closer than a 1 hour commute. (And you can even take the god damn free shuttle where you clock in for the trip even)
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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by gnarlysasquatch on Thursday April 29, 2021 @01:10AM (#26977686)
You could also afford to set fire to a stack of $100 bills. That does not mean you find it a sensible thing to do.
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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by EvilEy3 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:17AM (#26978283)
You could also afford a straw man. Does not mean you find it sensible thing to say.
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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by EvilEy3 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:16AM (#26978275)
Or you're just spoiled.
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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by Apocryphon on Thursday April 29, 2021 @12:50PM (#26983510)
I'm blessed. But the idea of civilizational progress is to get everyone at that level, as a baseline.
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