[thedirt0115]

That's how you end up with the factory-campus style places like the iPhone factories in China where the workers basically never leave.

On a more serious note, though, some employers do want to build housing near their headquarters (such as Google, for example), but are blocked by city councils. From what I read here, it sounds like you can't put up new housing anywhere near SF.

[nradov]

The Mountain View City council approved Google's proposal to build company housing near their HQ.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/12/12/googles-massive-housi...

[DrScump]

... on the Bay side of 101. Only two roads get you over 101, and they are jammed during commute hours.

[anonymous5133]

Ive always suggested that the tech companies need to just start setting up satellite campuses in the central valley. Plenty of cheap housing out there.