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> we pay our own parking $250/mo

Are you saying you have to pay for the privilege of parking at work? That's insane when Microsoft and the larger Bay Area companies are willing to provide free transportation to employees

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Parking is a perk that only some employees take advantage of. The rest take public transit. Why should the employees who choose to drive to work, which is basically the most selfish form of transit, get a bonus, whereas the people who take public transit to work get nothing? Keep in mind amazon isn't located out in the suburbs where land is cheap enough to pave a bunch of it - it is right in seattle.

By that logic, why should the people who don't have a convenient work shuttle route to work "get nothing?"

Expecting employees to pay for parking is like expecting them to cover costs for business-related travel

Because you are expected to make the decisions about where to work that has a realistic commute time. If I need to take a helicopter to get to work, should the company pay for it?

To be fair, Microsoft and the big Silicon Valley companies have suburban campuses. Amazon is in the middle of a big city.

I think the parking allowance is something like $130/month.

I'd still be surprised to pay for parking. I recently interned in Seattle, and the Bellevue Microsoft offices all had employee parking. Google's office in Lake Union was also attached to a parking garage for employees.

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