GearhedMG t1_jeckuq8 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:50 AM

Reply to comment by Epyr in CEOs are quietly backtracking on remote work—and more companies could follow by ethereal3xp

My counter argument to that is people like me who dont live near their job and now my money is going to the local businesses that I live near.

Epyr t1_jed2qri wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:12 AM

Yes, but small cities want businesses to have people draw money to them. How many small town die or become impoverished when companies leave en mass? It's not a small number and this trend will likely not help

SatansHRManager t1_jedxb2j wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:19 AM

Opposite is true: People moved to small towns and exurbs BECAUSE they could work from home permanently.

Forcing them to commute again will lead some of those people to move back from those small towns and exurbs (i.e. more flight) and force the ones that don't want to uproot their families twice in three years for one company to find other jobs.

Epyr t1_jef2wab wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:29 PM

In some cases yes, in most cases no. The number of people who prefer big cities vastly outweighs the number of people who prefer small cities. That doesn't mean some people don't like small cities, but it does mean small to medium sized cities don't massively benefit from having businesses running from their downtowns