Not that different from the commute that Apple employees I knew were making. They spent 30 minutes commuting to where they would pick up the shuttle, three or so hours on the shuttle, get off the shuttle and have lunch at Caffe Macs, maybe take a meeting, then get back on the shuttle for their ride home.

The shuttles had Wi-Fi, so they could get all their regular work done while on the shuttle. That was functionally their office, even though they had a desk in the building on Bubb Road.

And they were getting paid well over $150k, and living in group homes east of San Jose, because that’s all they could afford to live in.

Baffling to me hearing about Americans in SV who can't afford to live on their own on over $150k, that would easily be a top 1% salary in the european city I live in

When I was working on a hardware project at Lyft I interviewed at least two Tesla engineers who said their sole reason for wanting to change jobs was that occasional commute.

I temporarily lived out in Sacramento, and commuted occasionally to MP. This is not bad compared to some others, but seeing stationary brake lights getting on the highway at 4am was something else

I’m pretty sure if I moved out to Sacramento from where I am now (the South Bay) I’d try and take the Capitol Corridor in, if I could find any way to make the timing work. It’s not that I’d expect it to cut down on my commuting time, but I’d definitely want to test whether it could cut down on my commuting stress.

(Granted, these are pre-pandemic thoughts about moving.)

This is the right approach

Also maybe most car manufacturer employee want to drive a car rather than ride a bus for transport?

For two years before the pandemic, I carpooled with Tesla HQ employees almost one a week (depending on who I got matched with on a particular day) and I only live 15 miles away.

Is Tesla planning on making busses?