Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefinitely

Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by smileysteve on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:27PM (#28833308)

The question this raises to me, is what travel times is this accounting for?

There are more complex issues (taxes, school pickup, dog walking, local errands) before travel in a plane and rental car can't get you somewhere in 24 hours.

Pre pandemic some nycers had a 15 minute walking commute, others might grind it out for 2 hours each way in the northeastern corridor.

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Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by smileysteve on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:33PM (#28833360)

As an errand example. I schedule my dental appointments 6 months out. If my work gives me only 24 hour notice I have to be in the office for a meeting that didn't exist until now, it makes no difference if I live a 6 hour flight away or a 30 minute walk away.

Now do the same for a 1hr meeting at 10am or 2:30pm with a need to be able to dropoff or pickup school children at 9am or 4pm.

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