Hiboglossi
The Most Depressing Person
I'm sorry but it's ironic to see pilots complaining about other people living in a less expensive location than their base.
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I'm sorry but it's ironic to see pilots complaining about other people living in a less expensive location than their base.
Second bubble burst coming, ala 2006?
You can add Kansas to that as well.
Skåning
Well-Known Member
No because it would take a rapid drop in prices for it to “burst”. That means people selling, but everyone has crazy low interest rates and don’t want to sell.
Minuteman
I HAVE STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING!
Just lol if you think Jim Farley’s CFO has any awareness of “who’s a good worker” when they flow-down the numbers they want to see for US headcount reduction.
That division? Gone. That business line over there? Axed to focus on “core competencies.”
Any employee at a company larger than, say, 100 people is fooling themselves if they think they can avoid layoffs just because they work hard or have unique abilities.
A lot of “leadership” thinks they are so smart and well-disciplined that they are suited to run any kind of business and, frankly, care only about the metric that were negotiated into their contract.
Thinking hard work at loyalty will be rewarded is some Boxer-the-horse thinking.
That division? Gone. That business line over there? Axed to focus on “core competencies.”
Any employee at a company larger than, say, 100 people is fooling themselves if they think they can avoid layoffs just because they work hard or have unique abilities.
A lot of “leadership” thinks they are so smart and well-disciplined that they are suited to run any kind of business and, frankly, care only about the metric that were negotiated into their contract.
Thinking hard work at loyalty will be rewarded is some Boxer-the-horse thinking.
Roger Roger
Bottom of the list
We are millions of housing units behind what we should have built since 2008 made everyone gun-shy. That is by far the worst legacy of the subprime/real estate derivative douchebags.
JDean3204
Well-Known Member
Good point, most commuting pilots do live in an area a lot less expensive than their base.
JDean3204
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My question is at what point does the crazy inflation and over value of real estate and the rental market stop. If it doesn’t slow down and keeps the trajectory it’s been on the last few years, consumer spending will be impacted heavily. Consumer spending is what our economy thrives on, so once everyone’s credit cards are maxed out to keep up with the Jones’, the music will stop if the price of housing continues to rapidly rise.
If I’m reading the material correctly, the insane spike in real estate is due to inventory shortage because of people not wanting to sell. Which does make sense.
Roger Roger
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The shortage is because everyone got gunshy after 2008 and we’re way behind on building enough housing.
///AMG
Well-Known Member
I'll be the first to admit I am probably wrong to specifically call out "tech". There are certainly other factors at play. Inventory shortage, aggravated by corporate real estate investing in aftermath of recession, further aggravated by the short term rental/Air bnb boom of more recent years. And then you have all the retired folks who are upgrading with cash in hand. Our neighborhood has seen near 100% turnover in the last 2 years. Us and our next door neighbor are the only ones who have been here longer than a year (him 15, us nearly 4). Of the neighboring houses, until 6-8 months ago, all went spectacularly above asking, complete with bidding wars, and you guessed it, 55+ people with cash to buy. So we have no kids in our neighborhood anymore, other than ours.
To your point though, I don't really live in a less expensive place compared to my base. But my bias probably has a counterpart saying the same thing about me and my field. Which is that I don't think the majority of "tech" people actually do anything, much less the WFH ones. Actual developers and software engineers, or any of the actual technical fields, yes. But all the non-technical hangars on......I don't buy it. See the hoarding of "talent" by various big names in the last couple years, paying big salaries for nothing positions, so that nobody else gets them.
phill1174
Well-Known Member
It’s so bizarre and idk why it gets guys panties in such a bunch. I’ve sat next to several guys who just about had a stroke talking about people who work remote. They need to get back in the office, blah blah blah. If working for a home is a win I support it. That and it’s less traffic on the roads during rush hour.
I also realize that some people think if you don’t work in a coal mine you’re lazy and “don’t want to work” *eye roll*.
NovemberEcho
Dergs favorite member
Not here it isn’t. Rush hour is literally all day long now because there’s more people with more time during the middle of the day. Used to take me 25 min to get home at 1430. Now it’s 45-60 min, same as it is at 1730. Hell I hit traffic now at 0530. When I first moved to this house in 2016 on morning shifts I could put cruise control at 75 and not touch it again til I reached my exit and now I’m stuck doing 55 if I’m lucky.
BEEF SUPREME
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roundout
VNAV monitor
It’s all the WFH gen Z’s going out to get avo toast and Starby’s.
AND THAT’S WHAT’S WRONG WITH AMURICA
Roger Roger
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I do find it amusing that supposedly progressive, environmentally friendly places like Portland and Seattle have such horrifically car-dependent and traffic-clogged infrastructure.
Richman
JC’s Resident Curmudgeon
Over 100 years of infrastructure philosophy isn't exactly something you unwind with a shift of the political winds. Unless your plan is to block off lanes, making traffic congestion much worse while negligibly increasing the number of people who are riding bikes...in a city known for it's moist, cold climate.
Hiboglossi
The Most Depressing Person
I would think that would make SEA and PDX better for cycling than most places in the U.S., since you wouldn't get too hot most of the year, plus they also don't get much snow in the winter. Granted I haven't ridden a bike in years so I'm probably not the best judge of this.
roundout
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I mean there are a lot of cyclists in that part of the world. They make stuff to be able to competently ride safely in the wet.
The undoing and redoing literally everything part is what’s hard.
Beaker
Well-Known Member
I have worked remotely for about the past 6 years as an aerospace engineer. If you are someone who cares about doing a good job, it can be done quite effectively. And if you are not, I'm not sure how much being dragged into an office is going to help. As my boss once said, "I care about work getting done. I don't care where it gets done."
However, unless you are very proactive about it, your professional network can atrophy without the hallway interactions of a conventional office. Traveling to campus for some old-fashioned non-Apple face time still makes sense, at some interval.
However, unless you are very proactive about it, your professional network can atrophy without the hallway interactions of a conventional office. Traveling to campus for some old-fashioned non-Apple face time still makes sense, at some interval.
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
I was shocked to learn there was no school bus system for kids (exceptions for special needs) in LA and most of CA apparently. What’s better for the environment? 50 kids coming in 1 bus? Or 50 cars dropping 50 kids?
Absolutely ridiculous. That’s why I can’t take CA’s liberal stance seriously. I grew up in red areas of NJ, NE, PA, MI, and we always had the big ol yellow school bus take us to/from school.
This year, they couldn’t get anybody to volunteer for the valet line. So it’s even worse now. I’m forced to go park in front of some random guys house and make the walking trek over with the kids. It’s a good 30 minute adventure now door to door to pick up and drop off. And the school is only 2 miles away. A solid one hour wasted each day.