Rod HiltonSep 26, 2023

Employees: We like working in the same homes where we sleep. There's no commute, it's very convenient.

Google: Nah we need you back in the office. But we built hotel rooms here so you can still sleep in the same place you work and there's no commute.

Employees: Uh yeah that's what we already had...

Google: That'll be $99. Which you pay us. To trap you in the office we demanded you come back to.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/4/23820061/google-hotel-bay-view-campus-return-to-office

Google’s $99 a night company hotel advertises ‘no commute’ as a perk

As Google nudges employees to work at its just-opened Bay View campus, the company hotel is advertising $99 special rates and “no commute” as a reason to stay.

The Verge
Show threadRicardo Harvin

@rodhilton "Oh, by the way, we're also charging you for using each individual part of our corporate infrastructure, like electricity, stairs, escalators, and elevators, desks, network, refrigerators for storing your food (which will soon be required to be purchased on-site), building access, walkways, parking lots, chairs..."

21st Century #IndenturedServitude, coming (back) soon.

Sep 26, 2023 at 7:33pmWeb