Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore

Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @10:31PM (#36236455)

Would you rather be 5 minutes from your office or your kids’ school? Or 5 minutes from your office or 5 minutes from your extended family? Or 5 minutes from the beach? Or 5 minutes from the ski slopes?

There are a lot of locations that really benefit me being close to them than being close to the office.

Also, 5 minutes from the office is not very far. If a lot of people work at the office, living spaces 5 minutes from the office will either end up really expensive or really small.

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Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore by andyferris on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @10:36PM (#36236480)

Oh man, when I was in Europe I was 5 minutes from my office, my kids school AND the beach. Definitely a happy time!

(OTOH I was about as far on Earth that I could possibly get from from my extended family, so that was a bummer).

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Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore by akie on Thursday June 08, 2023 @12:52AM (#36237360)

Where were you? That's definitely not the norm in Europe.

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Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore by orwin on Thursday June 08, 2023 @02:21AM (#36237968)

I'm 5 minutes from the beach (walking), 5 from my gym (biking), max 10 from my friends (both) and 15 from my family (biking). Also have a school nearby. Now I just have to find an office, or create my own.

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