<story><title>Working from home isn&apos;t going away, even if some CEOs wish it would</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/07/working-from-home-isnt-going-away-even-if-some-ceos-wish-it-would/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>martin_drapeau</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s all about saving time. Musk got a private jet to save time travelling around. Employees WFH to save time too. That&amp;#x27;s the hack they found to avoid commuting to work. In such they improve the quality of their lives.&lt;p&gt;Musk, Jasys and Benioff should treat their employees like they do their customers. Adapt to their needs. Asking people to come back to the office is just like selling something a customer no longer wants.&lt;p&gt;As for Musk saying &amp;quot;it ain&amp;#x27;t fair for service employees&amp;quot; I reply those are different jobs. Poor excuse.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>whoodle</author><text>I find the “it’s not fair to service workers” incredibly unconvincing. There’s lots of things that tech workers get that service workers don’t. Better pay, better flexibility with vacations, control over schedules, probably better insurance, the ability to sit all day, etc. The fact that WFH is the line for Musk is because he doesn’t like it. The same for other CEOs. But they know that isn’t an argument anyone will listen to.</text></comment>
<story><title>Working from home isn&apos;t going away, even if some CEOs wish it would</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/07/working-from-home-isnt-going-away-even-if-some-ceos-wish-it-would/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>martin_drapeau</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s all about saving time. Musk got a private jet to save time travelling around. Employees WFH to save time too. That&amp;#x27;s the hack they found to avoid commuting to work. In such they improve the quality of their lives.&lt;p&gt;Musk, Jasys and Benioff should treat their employees like they do their customers. Adapt to their needs. Asking people to come back to the office is just like selling something a customer no longer wants.&lt;p&gt;As for Musk saying &amp;quot;it ain&amp;#x27;t fair for service employees&amp;quot; I reply those are different jobs. Poor excuse.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Gigachad</author><text>Pretty much, from all the debate, its clear that the problem isn&amp;#x27;t the office. It&amp;#x27;s the commute. I hated going to the office when it was an hour drive away, often worse with traffic incidents. But for the last few years I&amp;#x27;ve lived much closer so it&amp;#x27;s a quick train trip or bike ride to work and now I much prefer going to the office. It&amp;#x27;s so obviously better for communicating with people.</text></comment>