Google’s $99 a night company hotel advertises ‘no commute’ as a perk

Re:Google’s $99 a night company hotel advertises ‘no commute... by olyjohn on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @04:14PM (#37665227)

That sounds terrible to me. I want to be home every night. Not living at work for 3 days straight. What do you do, bring all your hobbies and shit with you, or do you just go to the hotel and keep working all night until bed?

I might do something like that if I got Fridays off or something like that. Otherwise, I want to get as far away from work as possible during my free time.

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Re:Google’s $99 a night company hotel advertises ‘no commute... by danw1979 on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @04:39PM (#37665517)

I slept in an apartment above my office in London for two nights a week over four years, commuting from York (3 hours door-to-door).

Each week I spent the three days in the office working very long hours, and then had a nice relaxing couple of days at home, working a bit but also being a very active dad, since my wife did everything with the kids whilst I was away.

This worked really well for us. Now my wife is doing the same and working in London 3 days a week. Still working well.

Free time when you’re at work just gets shifted to when you’re at home.

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