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Re:Early Remote Work Impacts on Family Formation by rco8786 on Thursday March 30, 2023 @06:41AM (#35370647)
I've been remote for 4 years with a 4 and 2 year old and....same. Generally more productive work-wise and can't imagine going back to commuting 30-40m each way as I did previously (which isn't even a "bad" commute). And the additional time with the family is irreplaceable.

My company's local office is open, and I do go in 2-3 times a month for various reasons (which I also enjoy as a change of pace). But every time I do it's a total ghost town. And not just our floors, but every floor.

It sure seems to me that commercial office space leases are going to collapse in on themselves over the next 3-8 years as the longterm leases come up for renewal and companies say "no thanks" or "we'll take 10% of the space we currently used".

Re:Early Remote Work Impacts on Family Formation by ghaff on Thursday March 30, 2023 @01:10PM (#35375953)
Judging by rush hour traffic, tech is something of a bubble. As far as I can tell, commuting traffic is back to pre-pandemic levels as far as I can tell.
Re:Early Remote Work Impacts on Family Formation by rco8786 on Thursday March 30, 2023 @02:55PM (#35377354)
Re:Early Remote Work Impacts on Family Formation by ghaff on Thursday March 30, 2023 @03:04PM (#35377481)
It's not the case around Boston. I directly experience the 1.5+ hours it takes me to commute into the city when I do.

(As the article notes, Boston has some of the worst congestion.)

Re:Early Remote Work Impacts on Family Formation by rco8786 on Thursday March 30, 2023 @03:09PM (#35377543)
Yea I'm not discounting your personal experience, just statistically...
Re:Early Remote Work Impacts on Family Formation by ghaff on Thursday March 30, 2023 @03:24PM (#35377698)
I'm sure it varies. I'm honestly surprised that Boston is so apparently back to pre-COVID levels given that there's a moderate amount of tech (even excluding pharma/biotech) in the city (mostly Cambridge).
Re:Early Remote Work Impacts on Family Formation by bluedino on Thursday March 30, 2023 @02:32PM (#35377094)
The nice part about the office being mostly empty, is the office park, entrance gate, etc are all also pretty empty. It used to take 15-20 minutes just to get through the damn gate before COVID.