[riversflow]

Isn't this aimed specifically at people who are hybrid? I'd love something like this, personally. Have my house outside the city, travel in for 3 days 2 nights each week for work. This seems absolutely reasonable to me, although I kinda think they should offer it for free, but I don't know the legal ramifications of that.

[xur17]

I took it the same way. I work at a 100% remote company with folks across the US and Europe. We don't have an office anywhere, but if we did, this would be a compelling way to take a short trip + meet some coworkers.

[olyjohn]

That sounds terrible to me. I want to be home every night. Not living at work for 3 days straight. What do you do, bring all your hobbies and shit with you, or do you just go to the hotel and keep working all night until bed?

I might do something like that if I got Fridays off or something like that. Otherwise, I want to get as far away from work as possible during my free time.

[danw1979]

I slept in an apartment above my office in London for two nights a week over four years, commuting from York (3 hours door-to-door).

Each week I spent the three days in the office working very long hours, and then had a nice relaxing couple of days at home, working a bit but also being a very active dad, since my wife did everything with the kids whilst I was away.

This worked really well for us. Now my wife is doing the same and working in London 3 days a week. Still working well.

Free time when you’re at work just gets shifted to when you’re at home.

[d3w4s9]

A gentle reminder -- this is a hotel. If you are the kind of person who can regularly spend nearly 1/3 of your nights living in a hotel where you don't have a kitchen, a (real) fridge, carefully selected and arranged furniture, wardrobe, game console/musical instruments/etc, good for you, maybe should even consider a job as a consultant. To most people it is a horrible idea.

[seanmcdirmid]

A lot of people used to live out of hotels. During the gilded age, a lot of rich people would do that, like Tesla (well, he wasn't rich by then, but had a rich benefactor). Short stays in inns probably weren't common until the 20th century.

[fragmede]

> kitchen, a (real) fridge, carefully selected and arranged furniture, wardrobe, game console/musical instruments/etc

Funnily enough, Google offices provide these to employees.