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minus-squareID411@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoImagine driving to work thinking “ today’s the day we finally help those ads get through “
minus-squarezewm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month agoThat’s not a new concept, look up “mining towns” or Detroit.
minus-squarePussista@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month agoKind of like Ready Player One then…
minus-squarePussista@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI didn’t think of that movie, but you’re right!
minus-squareBossDj@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThe book is better and way nerdier. If you want ultimate nerdiness, the audiobook is narrated by Wil Wheaton!
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI don’t know how he wasn’t audibly smiling when he read the part about himself though.
minus-squareAgentGrimstone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThat actually sounds kinda nice until you get fired. Lose your job and home in the same week.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month 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.
Or EPCOT
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.
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.