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[NEED-A-VETTE]

Originally Posted by DAB

it'll be interesting to see the longer term effects of this mess. will lots of peeps work from home full time? will office space go vacant, and make the landlords go broke? will high paid types abandon pricey cities and move to the country?

I really hope that most companies will let their employees stay home. They just proved to themselves that it can be done. There is no reason to bring the majority of them onsite full time.

For my department, we were already slated for full telecommuting this year. May/June timeframe, in fact. It just got accelerated by a few months.

Originally Posted by aerovette

Hey hey hey...don't change the subject !

[MadInNc]

ADog, Sandy did slap me for posting the worst movie in 2011...

Antfarm(r) Dick Hole. Real movie. Posted in context of a BAD Movie Sandy

https://horrornews.net/43631/antfarm-dickhole-2011/

[snide]

Originally Posted by NEED-A-VETTE

It’s getting a little ridiculous everywhere in the valley with the home pricing. Especially Porter Ranch.

I actually had an employee just purchase in Bakersfield. Since we’re going full time from home - even affer the covid restrictions are lifted - she’ll only have to commute to the office in Mission Hills once a month. She got a nice house for a good price.

To those that want to know what a “good price” is...she was able to pick something up for around 400k that actually got her over 2,000 sq ft and was not a sh*t hole. Half a mil just doesn’t go far here.

What are salaries like out there? How is that people can afford $400k, and up, houses?

[Mick]

Originally Posted by DAB

it'll be interesting to see the longer term effects of this mess. will lots of peeps work from home full time? will office space go vacant, and make the landlords go broke? will high paid types abandon pricey cities and move to the country?

I noticed something at least a decade ago. I realized that at my old company, there was a HUGE area of floor space that was 100% dedicated to employees who all they did, all day, every day, was reconcile customer accounts. They sat at a computer, and had essentially no need to talk to their co-workers. Most of the time they had a question or problem, they called the customer first, and then account manager (90+% of the time the account manager sat somewhere else) if the call to the customer failed to resolve the discrepancy, they rarely needed to talk to their direct supervisor. The systems were set up so that if an account went 45 days without a completed and signed off reconciliation, a mid-level manager was alerted.

I thought to myself: why are we paying for office space, parking space, shared space, bathrooms, janitorial services, landscaping services etc. for these folks, when there is absolutely no reason they couldn't do those jobs from home?

[DAB]

Originally Posted by Mick

I noticed something at least a decade ago. I realized that at my old company, there was a HUGE area of floor space that was 100% dedicated to employees who all they did, all day, every day, was reconcile customer accounts. They sat at a computer, and had essentially no need to talk to their co-workers. Most of the time they had a question or problem, they called the customer first, and then account manager (90+% of the time the account manager sat somewhere else) if the call to the customer failed to resolve the discrepancy, they rarely needed to talk to their direct supervisor. The systems were set up so that if an account went 45 days without a completed and signed off reconciliation, a mid-level manager was alerted.

I thought to myself: why are we paying for office space, parking space, shared space, bathrooms, janitorial services, landscaping services etc. for these folks, when there is absolutely no reason they couldn't do those jobs from home?

the last 2 jobs of my spotted career involved working out of my home office, that was 2002 thru 2009. some travel to properties (ended up visiting 45 states in those jobs) for a day or two per week, then home writing or later editing reports. some days ran long, other days got done early. as long as phone calls got answered/returned, and likewise emails, everyone was happy.

[dwjz06]

Originally Posted by z06psi

I got perma'd here for a post like this.

Yeah and if it was not for me you still would be

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

1. I'am loved by all
2. Nobody likes you
3. See #1

Originally Posted by Murray

I’m going on record as saying it didn’t work well

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by JetMechZ16

Well to be honest you're only 1/2 Nip by your own admission.

Looky there!!
Anjdog finally makes an accurate spelling correction.

tahnks

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by snide

What are salaries like out there? How is that people can afford $400k, and up, houses?

You can't get a house for 400k in L.A, Orange or San Diego county, much less most of No Cal. A small 1 Bd condo if not anywhere near the ocean. People can afford it because they make the money.

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by MadInNc

ADog, Sandy did slap me for posting the worst movie in 2011...

This is between you and me and nobody else Madheim. Sandy deep down has the hots for me and vice versa. The only problem is NOX is in the way and he as a permit to carry.

[NEED-A-VETTE]

Originally Posted by MadInNc

ADog, Sandy did slap me for posting the worst movie in 2011...

Antfarm(r) Dick Hole. Real movie. Posted in context of a BAD Movie Sandy

https://horrornews.net/43631/antfarm-dickhole-2011/

...the rest of the story is that it was posted in the middle of the antfarmer shitstorm. We were trying to get everyone to stfu and stop yapping at one another.

You didn’t get slapped hard.

Originally Posted by snide

What are salaries like out there? How is that people can afford $400k, and up, houses?

Salaries are good for the skilled and/or educated. Very good.

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

You can't get a house for 400k in L.A, Orange or San Diego county, much less most of No Cal. A small 1 Bd condo if not anywhere near the ocean. People can afford it because they make the money.

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

This is between you and me and nobody else Madheim. Sandy deep down has the hots for me and vice versa. The only problem is NOX is in the way and he as a permit to carry.

[Little Red L98.]

Originally Posted by NEED-A-VETTE

...the rest of the story is that it was posted in the middle of the antfarmer shitstorm. We were trying to get everyone to stfu and stop yapping at one another.

You didn’t get slapped hard.

Salaries are good for the skilled and/or educated. Very good.

Please. Ban dog’s ass for hijacking. This is a thread about little league football.

[MadInNc]

Originally Posted by Little Red L98.

Please. Ban dog’s ass for hijacking. This is a thread about little league football.

Your “little league”?

[MadInNc]

Originally Posted by NEED-A-VETTE

...the rest of the story is that it was posted in the middle of the antfarmer shitstorm. We were trying to get everyone to stfu and stop yapping at one another.

You didn’t get slapped hard.



Salaries are good for the skilled and/or educated. Very good.

When I found that movie I was LMAO Hope ya did also

[Little Red L98.]

Originally Posted by MadInNc

Your “little league”?

That’s just wrong!

[NEED-A-VETTE]

Originally Posted by MadInNc

When I found that movie I was LMAO Hope ya did also

I chuckled.

[Little Red L98.]

Originally Posted by NEED-A-VETTE

It’s getting a little ridiculous everywhere in the valley with the home pricing. Especially Porter Ranch.

I actually had an employee just purchase in Bakersfield. Since we’re going full time from home - even affer the covid restrictions are lifted - she’ll only have to commute to the office in Mission Hills once a month. She got a nice house for a good price.

To those that want to know what a “good price” is...she was able to pick something up for around 400k that actually got her over 2,000 sq ft and was not a sh*t hole. Half a mil just doesn’t go far here.

Not to hijack this thread but...

I don’t know the regions, but I know LA in relation to Bakersfield. Is it going to be subsumed any time in the near future?

Some day I need to be let in on this porter ranch business. Only porter I know from LA is in Lower Alabama.

I don’t know the market specifically, but cali real estate is ridiculously off the hook. Why? Is it really that great there? I don’t get it. No political responses from the peanut gallery please.

Originally Posted by NEED-A-VETTE

I really hope that most companies will let their employees stay home. They just proved to themselves that it can be done. There is no reason to bring the majority of them onsite full time.

For my department, we were already slated for full telecommuting this year. May/June timeframe, in fact. It just got accelerated by a few months.
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I collaborate a LOT, worldwide, and have been able to do the same shit I do from an office that I can do at home without any drop in performance. Why in the hell do I need a 3-hr daily commute when I have proven I can deliver from an office or at my kitchen table? Shit gets done day in and day out regardless of my location. Hope one result of all this is changes like this.

[Wathen1955]

with all this discussion on this topic, it reminds me of this TV show:

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[Little Red L98.]

Originally Posted by Wathen1955

with all this discussion on this topic, it reminds me of this TV show:

https://youtu.be/y5J2O3j9pNY

Spaghetti vendor.



What’s this thread about again?

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by Little Red L98.

I don’t know the market specifically, but cali real estate is ridiculously off the hook. Why? Is it really that great there? I don’t get it. No political responses from the peanut gallery please.

The weather's perfect. You can pick what kind of weather you want by driving 10-15 miles. The mountains and hills and deserts and the beaches are beautiful. Because of the diversity over the last 150 plus years they have the most beautiful women. They have 19 professional sport franchises. You can be in the snow in the afternoon after you were laying on the beach same day No humidity like the East midwest and south, or all the bugs. The reason it's expensive is because you pay for what you get. In the last 70 years we've had six Republican Governor's and four Democratic Governor's. So California hasn't always been a Liberal state. It still doesn't affect people enjoying the state on who the Governor is. I've lived in the Midwest and South they have great people but too flat, hot and muggy and buggy.
Like i told steeb who always trashes California. For 300k you can get a nice home in Florida which is barely a down payment here. If Florida was so great and California was so bad wouldn't it be the other way around?
The best place to live in is where you're at and enjoy.

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by Little Red L98.

What’s this thread about again?

The sex life of a Katydid or Bush crickets.