Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote working rainbow?

Re:Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote wor... by jleyank on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @11:19AM (#33263502)

Boston/Cambridge and NYC come to mind as cities where one can avoid having a car. Are there others that save sufficient public transport, housing and support buildings that should be considered. In Canada, Montreal fits that description. I’ve not lived in or talked to enough people from Toronto or Vancouver to know how liveable they are on foot.

Open offices are a plague. Any company using them is interested in reduced real estate costs and having a younger staff. They’re not interested in productivity or quality of work.

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote wor... by balaji1 on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @11:28AM (#33263629)

Also open offices are the norm in many places -- so any company wanting a non-open office has to face going counter culture alone; apart from having to figure out logistics involved in setting up cubicles and offices. Some of us don't even know what non-open office looks like. Closest I have seen is the rooms of high ranking execs, doctors and professors lol.

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote wor... by jleyank on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @11:51AM (#33263948)

Err, this sorta proves my point re: a younger staff...

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote wor... by balaji1 on Thursday October 20, 2022 @01:13AM (#33271066)

Yep I was adding to your point. People who wfh are building nicer and nicer home offices also -- or at least fantasizing about it haha. And such an office is nearly impossible in a conventional work office building.

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