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Economy

dutch777

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2. Saves money, employees happier and easier to recruit new hires

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jun 24, 2022, 08:20 AM

Jun 2022

My wife's software company went remote as an option before the pandemic as their headquarters were in a very pricey area of CA. They did it as many potential hires walked away from job offers, even with generous relocation packages, because of the local cost of living. Now recruiting is no longer a problem and company overhead costs with less office space and HR relocation packages is leaner.

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Yelp shuts some offices doubling down on remote; CEO calls hybrid "hell" [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 OP

Incredibly big news with ripple effects if applicable outside Yelp bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #1

Saves money, employees happier and easier to recruit new hires dutch777 Jun 2022 #2