Google’s $99 a night company hotel advertises ‘no commute’ as a perk
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No need for a car or an apartment. Food, gymn, and laundry are free, so only expense left is clothing.
That's an amazing deal given the network effects of other perks, especially considering no need to commute. If you're young and single it's really a no-brainer.
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.
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.
Funnily enough, Google offices provide these to employees.
I thought Google ended free meals and laundry.
Who else wants all their home internet traffic routing through their employer? At least workers won't be stuck with a long apartment lease at the next Google layoff. They can conveniently collect their box of belongings on the sidewalk when they lose their job.
The core problem with a company town is them having control over the entire town.
Personally, my stomach churns at the idea of having your entire life and identity tied up in a job.
Except that you can sell whatever stock you get. It's also real money with essentially zero barrier to conversion. Not including it is weird.
first time was in my car and was kicked out of the parking lot by security, I probably should have protested more
second time was curled up against a wall in our equipment room, and the poor cleaning lady let out a shout when she discovered me haha
on one hand a company hotel seems kind of perverse to me, on the other its cheaper than the super 8 was in 2010, and I probably would have taken a $99 room over the commute every now and then
Your employer should have done this for you, and paid the bill. At some point there is liability as it’s a safety hazard.
When my skip-level’s boss spotted me in the office at 7pm during a very serious outage, and told him that I’d been there since 6, he commended my efforts and insisted I take a cab home and have them bill the company directly, no matter how far away home was, and stated that I was under no circumstance to set foot on company property before 8am the next day, and that I needed to have at least 10 hours between arriving home and leaving for work the next morning.
It won't be company scrip because they'll have an app for it. Think of how "disruptive" that new innovation will be!
written in company script
Let's say that someone's commute would be over an hour long, but they have some ability to work from home. On the days that they need to be in office, staying the night at a reasonably priced company hotel might bring a lot of value.
After all spending night after night in a hotel sucks.
Side note: which companies offer on site day care?
I'm a little concerned about these developments.