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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by ryandrake on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @11:36PM (#26977153)
Yea commute + kid is the key motivation for WFH for me. My Bay Area commute is 4+ hours per day, depending on traffic. This means in order to guarantee I can be at work for my first 8AM meeting, I need to wake up around 5AM and leave the house at 5:30. My day is over at around 5PM (thankfully I don't work for a workaholic culture start-up), but this still means I'm home by 7:30-8PM most days. I'm basically driving 50% of the time I spend at work, and don't get to see my kid at all besides weekends. It really sucks.

COVID-19 has been a huge quality of life boost for me.

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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by paulryanrogers on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @11:51PM (#26977251)
My father traveled for work a few months at a time. It wasn't the best for any of us, especially my mother. Consider the cost of those lost years. Even if you can retire early it's a season you'll never be able to share with them.
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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by Google234 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:13AM (#26977945)
Why do you live 2 hours away?
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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by akmarinov on Thursday April 29, 2021 @04:13AM (#26978582)
Expensive housing
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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by PoignardAzur on Thursday April 29, 2021 @04:38AM (#26978728)
Property prices, I assume?
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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by ryandrake on Thursday April 29, 2021 @07:05PM (#26987954)
Obviously! I would love to live closer to work, if I could afford it. I can maybe afford a tent in Fremont and a shoebox in Palo Alto. Nothing in the South Bay or Peninsula in my price range screams "quality of life".
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