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1. Rod Hilton (rodhilton@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 23:27:56 UTC Rod Hilton

   Employees: We like working in the same homes where we sleep. There's no commute, it's very convenient.

   Google: Nah we need you back in the office. But we built hotel rooms here so you can still sleep in the same place you work and there's no commute.

   Employees: Uh yeah that's what we already had...

   Google: That'll be $99. Which you pay us. To trap you in the office we demanded you come back to.

   https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/4/23820061/google-hotel-bay-view-campus-return-to-office

   • Mister Sterling (brendo@masto.nyc)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 23:27:55 UTC Mister Sterling

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     @rodhilton That's straight-up Company Store nonsense. And sadly, it is coming to a lot of workplaces under the guise of wellness and work-life balance.

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   • rateexportpilot (rateexportpilot@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 23:28:40 UTC rateexportpilot

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     @rodhilton "...I owe my soul to the company store..."

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   • dm (_dm@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 23:28:45 UTC dm

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     @rodhilton I saw this and I was like, "No, Rod, that can't be. You're confused. $99 is the billable rate for expensed business travel."

     Then I read the article and, uh...yeah. Huh. How 'bout that?

     My arrangement with my employer is strictly one where they pay me money.

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   • Ornwen (ornwen@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 23:28:51 UTC Ornwen

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     @rodhilton Corporate America: “Don’t work from home, sleep at work”

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   • mx amber alex (amberage@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 23:28:54 UTC mx amber alex

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     @rodhilton 🎶 I owe my soul to the company store 🎵

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   • abracadabra holmes (nosmaharba@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 23:28:55 UTC abracadabra holmes

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     @rodhilton Mega-City 1 needs better drugs

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   • D2 (d2@friendsofdesoto.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 23:29:01 UTC D2

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     @rodhilton

     "Never wanted to be no company man"
     https://youtu.be/LX6JyyW0baI?si=QZj1pkEhKeJHAqyB

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   • gradyp (gradyp@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 23:29:10 UTC gradyp

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     @rodhilton Jebus, this sounds like the starting plotline of a Terry Gilliam movie. Todays techbros doing all they can to speedrun the dystopia from popular entertainment culture into actual reality.

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   • Corstian Boerman (corstian@sunny.garden)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 23:29:16 UTC Corstian Boerman

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     @rodhilton Something about this reminds me of the ol' mining towns where miners were living in company supplied housing, sending their kids to company provided schooling, and buying groceries with company supplied currencies.

     Something about personal freedoms.

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   • AlgoCompSynth by znmeb (algocompsynth@ravenation.club)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 23:29:21 UTC AlgoCompSynth by znmeb

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     @rodhilton

     Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons (Live) https://youtu.be/k6wCzeNk1kw?si=d1jB2WB0gPfb0Au6 via @YouTube

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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 23:29:27 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • Earthy Tonez
     @mikkergp @rodhilton No, this is not travel. This is paying the company for a place to live
   • Earthy Tonez (mikkergp@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 23:29:30 UTC Earthy Tonez

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     @rodhilton I don't understand, when travelling for work they have to pay for their own hotel rooms? At one of the richest companies in the world?

   • nini (ntrembath@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 23:30:02 UTC nini

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     @rodhilton Until there are tech company towns, there are company sleeping holes. Coming soon: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/26/silicon-valley-elites-buy-800m-land-new-city

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