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by olivierlacan
1695 days ago
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If you note, I said I moved back to a studio apartment in Paris. Not a cheap area even if I didn’t live in the center of town but definitely didn’t move there by choice either. I think you’re mixing two points I’m making. None of the point about offices in city centers and expensive neighborhoods relates to my personal experience. It was a general point about the futility of office-obsession on the part of companies, which was particularly bad even for startups in the Paris area back in 2015/2017. Hopefully it’s better now. But I remember people looking at me like I was mad for saying remote was non-negotiable. |
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May I ask the reason of work was not the one? I know I would not want to go back in the country side for now, given the limited public transportation and medical infrastructure out there.
> I think you’re mixing two points I’m making. None of the point about offices in city centers and expensive neighborhoods relates to my personal experience. It was a general point about the futility of office-obsession on the part of companies, which was particularly bad even for startups in the Paris area back in 2015/2017. Hopefully it’s better now. But I remember people looking at me like I was mad for saying remote was non-negotiable.
Sorry if I misread or interpreted things too quickly. From what I am witnessing in the area, you currently can :
1 - Go full remote in the country side and have your pay reduced. Job security takes a hit too, because the job market is not "hot" like in the US. 2 - Agree to come to the office 2/3 times a week and go live in the suburbs (or stay in town if you can afford it and enjoy it)
I currently using option 2. Maybe I am missing g other options.