Meta is bolstering perks like happy hours and company swag as it pushes staff to return to office, despite its ‘year of efficiency’::The company has revived a number of employee perks, according to Bloomberg, including branded t-shirts, laundry services, and free haircuts.

  • ramblinguy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Maybe I’m the odd one out, but I’ve never felt like moving to a different country to work. I can barely imagine moving from the east coast to the west coast. Perhaps I’m missing something, but never once have I visited a place and said, “I would love to spend 8 hours of my life every day in an office here.”

    But I am at the ripe old age of 30, so maybe I’m past that demographic

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      1 year ago

      I can definitely appreciate that. I’m 36, and am considering a move now, but that’s mostly because I’ve often worked for small companies and moving hasn’t really been an option.

      There is definitely value in doing this when you’re young, especially moving to a big city out of college/university. I’ve found a surprising number of people in their thirties doing the same in big tech, mostly because there is more job security with experience, and having money + your health is a great thing if you want to try something new.

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      1 year ago

      I think it’s an age thing yeah, but also it just comes down to circumstances. Id imagine that the people who are just packing up and moving to different countries every year for work don’t have a large family/friends support network around them

      For me, moving to a different country would be a nightmare in more ways than I can count, I’ve got pets I’d have to arrange transport for, a wife I’d have to get on board (can’t even imagine if I had kids), all our family and friends are from the state we live in today.

      But if you already had family/friends in that country, or if you were solo and your fakily/friends were already a distance away, then it wouldn’t be so bad