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[–] 57 points 4 months ago* (10 children)

If one day / week in the office is the difference between needing a car and not needing one, it's a rather big deal.

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  • [–] 26 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    When is the difference between "living anywhere in the country" and "living where we tell you, plebe", so you're within commute range, is also huge.

    My office is 10 hours away, on paper. They have no space, they have no desk, they have no workstation gear, but my agreement says they can recall any of us at any time - even those who are 4 timezones away - and we either commute or we quit. We all still took the job and filled up on the hopium.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I'm 100% remote and just use my cargo ebike. I just gave my daughter my car because I don't have any particular use for it.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    Because I am 100% remote I moved away from my office.

    Why would anyone pay $2800 to live in a 2 bedroom in the city when they can pay $1600, or less, to live in nature with no upstairs neighbors, no downstairs neighbors, just ✌️.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    I'm free to work 100% remote but I travel to our local site 2 days a week just to be seen and support if needed. I hardly use my car at all these days. I can cycle or walk to the office.

    I use my ebike to drop my son at school, get up to the office, then back to school and wfh in the afternoon.

    Ebikes really are the future of travel. I can't achieve all of the above on my normal mountain bike in a sensible time frame and with luggage.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Well, I feel like you could Uber one day a week and outweigh the cost of owning a car no problem. But I get what you're saying, and I think of work can be done remotely, it should be.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    If I have to attend the office once a week then I have to live within commutable range of the office, even an Uber is only practical within a certain distance range. If I'm 100% remote or can live wherever. I can leave somewhere cheap, I don't have to live in the city.

    It's one day to them, it's an entirely different life to me.

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