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minus-squareID411@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoImagine driving to work thinking “ today’s the day we finally help those ads get through “
minus-squarezewm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI’m going to be honest. If that work was making me 6 figures, I would sleep like a baby.
minus-squareTodd Bonzalez@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years ago6 figures isn’t all that much these days. They say everyone has a price, but you’re a bargain.
minus-squarePussista@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoNah, working at Google means sleeping at Google. There’s no driving to work /s https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2020/09/04/google-has-master-plan-to-build-a-massive-corporate-town-for-its-employees/
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThat’s not a new concept, look up “mining towns” or Detroit.
minus-squarePussista@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThanks, babe, I’m perfectly aware it’s not new. I just find it ironic that a tech company would invest in dorms instead of remote work 😾
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoKind of like Ready Player One then…
minus-squarePussista@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI didn’t think of that movie, but you’re right!
minus-squareBossDj@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThe book is better and way nerdier. If you want ultimate nerdiness, the audiobook is narrated by Wil Wheaton!
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI don’t know how he wasn’t audibly smiling when he read the part about himself though.
minus-squareAgentGrimstone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThat actually sounds kinda nice until you get fired. Lose your job and home in the same week.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThe main problem with company towns is that the company leverages its monopoly and charges you a lot for everything.
Imagine driving to work thinking “ today’s the day we finally help those ads get through “
I’m going to be honest. If that work was making me 6 figures, I would sleep like a baby.
6 figures isn’t all that much these days. They say everyone has a price, but you’re a bargain.
Nah, working at Google means sleeping at Google. There’s no driving to work /s
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2020/09/04/google-has-master-plan-to-build-a-massive-corporate-town-for-its-employees/
That’s not a new concept, look up “mining towns” or Detroit.
Thanks, babe, I’m perfectly aware it’s not new. I just find it ironic that a tech company would invest in dorms instead of remote work 😾
Kind of like Ready Player One then…
I didn’t think of that movie, but you’re right!
The book is better and way nerdier. If you want ultimate nerdiness, the audiobook is narrated by Wil Wheaton!
I don’t know how he wasn’t audibly smiling when he read the part about himself though.
Or EPCOT
That actually sounds kinda nice until you get fired. Lose your job and home in the same week.
And your health insurance!
The main problem with company towns is that the company leverages its monopoly and charges you a lot for everything.