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Twitter Says Employees Can Work From Home Permanently
How will tech companies compete for talent without showing off their office interiors? What’s the purpose of the big new Salesforce complex in SFO? The Microsoft campus in Redmond sprawls across half the town, beautiful spaces, atriums, offices...all empty.
Now more people can move to smaller cities, where it's cheaper to have a home with space for a homeoffice.
Working from home means I'm more apt to actually go run errands during the day, actually go buy snacks or food I really want versus rely on the office mess. I'm more able to spend an hour getting a car wash at some point during the day from the local place, versus just ignoring it because the only times I'm driving is before sunrise or after sunset.
An alternative here is "think about the environment". It would be extremely beneficial to reduce the amount of commuting. It could also stimulate other parts of the country, if you can work from anywhere, there might be a large population who would rather live in a small/mid-size city instead of a sprawling metropolis. There is a huge cascade of effects that could take place if we transition to a large fully remote workforce, and I don't think a blanket statement can capture all of those aspects,