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This doesn't seem worth it. At best you've got a company that can handle this arrangement today, but it seems to dramatically limit your options for new employment or even to survive a changes within the same org.
I've been remote in Oregon since 2011. It's not all sunshine and rainbows, jokes about the rain aside, mostly due to the fact that many, many bay area companies just don't understand why anyone would want to live anywhere but the bay.
What do you mean? Is this a way of saying "many Bay Area companies don't hire remote workers"?
And now they want to preserve the charm, so it will inevitably become another ultraexpensive place.
It's already the most expensive place to live in Oregon. The atmosphere is a little bit like Aspen (from what I understand, never been to Aspen).
I've been remote in Oregon since 2011. It's not all sunshine and rainbows, jokes about the rain aside, mostly due to the fact that many, many bay area companies just don't understand why anyone would want to live anywhere but the bay.
> many bay area companies just don't understand why anyone would want to live anywhere but the bay What do you mean? Is this a way of saying "many Bay Area companies don't hire remote workers"?
Summary: some people are moving to Bend, OR. Also, housing there is cheaper than Silicon Valley.
There are several of us up at E45 (Pine Mountain Lake Airport) in Groveland, CA that fly/commute to Bay Area companies. Folks in Auburn do it too. And places outside Sacramento. It's more common than you might think.
> Meanwhile in Bend, a one-bedroom will set you back about $1,100 Funny, my 3-bedroom, 1600 sqft, corner lot just north of Houston costs just $1200
This doesn't seem worth it. At best you've got a company that can handle this arrangement today, but it seems to dramatically limit your options for new employment or even to survive a changes within the same org.
Some people are perfectly willing to limit employment options to remote-friendly.