“It’s an obsolete model that doesn’t address the work conditions of the future,” says Louise Mozingo, an urban design professor at UC Berkeley." Everyone should note that Louise Mozingo has criticized the Apple campus from not having large open floor plans where employees can stare at each other across narrow tables and "collaborate" by yelling to one another over their co-workers heads. She simply doesn't get how so…
increase of 0.5% for one person offices compared to cubicles sound highly unlikely, i don't think you can replace 2*2m cubicle with same size closed office for 0.5% increase in cost
> Why don't they have a child care facility? That decision was made by a man?
That's an obnoxious, sexist statement implying that men don't have at least equal concern as women for the well being & care of their children.
Concern is not the same as responsibility. Our society puts more responsibility on women for childcare, in the sense that if it's messed up somehow, the blame tends to fall on the mother first. Men (in general) end up paying less attention to childcare, since they can get by with letting their wives take care of it, whereas women have a much harder time transferring this responsibility to their husbands.
“It’s an obsolete model that doesn’t address the work conditions of the future,” says Louise Mozingo, an urban design professor at UC Berkeley." Everyone should note that Louise Mozingo has criticized the Apple campus from not having large open floor plans where employees can stare at each other across narrow tables and "collaborate" by yelling to one another over their co-workers heads. She simply doesn't get how so…
increase of 0.5% for one person offices compared to cubicles sound highly unlikely, i don't think you can replace 2*2m cubicle with same size closed office for 0.5% increase in cost
Agreed, the idea that Apple couldn't possibly have any influence over municipal policies is laughable. They just didn't try.
We usually hate when companies do this. Let's change the wording just a bit and see: ... the idea that Comcast couldn't possibly have any influence over municipal policies is laughable.
is Comcast one of the most famous companies in world having few hundred billion of cash available? since i am hardly familiar with them (ISP, carrier?) outside US i doubt that
it's like thinking Microsoft can't make things done in Redmond or Google in Palo alto
There was no parking garage for the new bars and restaurants, so all visitors simply parked in the residents' neighborhoods This is a solved problem: Charge for parking and the shortage goes away. Meter technology is decades old and well understood. https://www.amazon.com/High-Cost-Free-Parking-Updated/dp/193...
When you become dictator, maybe that will be viable. In the meantime, what sane city council member is going to tell residents they need to pay for parking in front of their own townhouses?
Give residents special permits which allow the to park for free. That's how it works here (Helsinki, Finland). Permit is not free, but cheap. It is for specific vehicle and the registered owner needs to live there. There permits are not per street, but the city is divided to several areas.
> In the case of firing, are they unable to take care of the child themselves at home? Yes, they are unable because that would hinder them from getting another job. > I understand that on-site childcare wouldn't work for everyone, but it could work for some, and be a benefit to them. > Other companies DO provide it. Whats the difference between a daycare at your work or at a separate daycare building?
> Yes, they are unable because that would hinder them from getting another job. They, ultimately, have the responsibility to take care of their children, rather than always handing them off to a someone else - correct? If these jobs are so incompatible with raising children, what's the point of trying to raise children? Does it now seem wise why they companies of these jobs could provide childcare for the benefit of…
If your child is not yet attending school, and you don't have a spouse/partner/grandparents to watch them during the day, then YES, that situation is quite literally incompatible with holding a job. That is in no way unique to Silicon Valley.
It sounds like really you're critiquing parents in general for sending kids to daycare.
I do some small amount of woodworking on the side of my main job, and as a result I have a large envelope CNC router in my garage. I occasionally post ads for craigslist looking for odd jobs. About a year ago, I was approached via craigslist by a contractor working on this campus to help make some plywood parts for concrete forms that they couldn't figure out how to mark and measure on site with a jigsaw. They were t…
What did you charge for the work? How long did it take for you to do this? Was the price higher or lower because it was for Apple?
I charge around $70/hour for that kind of work, which tends to be a mix of CAD, CAM, Setup, Lifting/moving crap, packaging, and cleanup. Usually 1 hour minimum. I charge more for work in MDF because of the mess and because the dust is harder to clean up/get rid of and it is heavier. More again for aluminum. If I need to make whole assemblies with glue, finishing, etc, I tend to just go fixed bid. It's not super scientific, and I have to turn down certain types of work due to garage constraints, etc. Most of the work I end up getting that follows through are from contractors wanting one-off cuts, jigs, or templates. I get 2x inquiries from people, but they usually don't want to follow through with actually paying money for things.