Microsoft tries to dump S.F. office space amid tech industry cost-cutting

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• qooqie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Now all companies should cut their office costs because I sure as shit ain’t going back to office. It’ll also help bankrupt some landlords (I hope)

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  • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    A collapse of commercial real estate will do far more than bankrupt some landlords.

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    • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah, it will also lead to more vacant space in highly desired downtown cores that can be turned into residential units.

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    • Exusia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I know! Can’t wait.

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    • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Things I couldn’t give a fuck about

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• Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  More companies should do this. The whole trend of companies building big campuses is so stupid and a waste of money and real estate.

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    These places are beautiful. They should be opened to the public. Or maybe we should fund the parks system to create something similar.

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  • skyspydude1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think there are upsides and downsides to them, and I’d much rather work at and have to look at those, rather than miles and miles of soulless business parks or high rises, especially in areas where real estate isn’t at a premium.

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• Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Finally dumping something worth dumping.

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• Beetschnapps@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Such a weird way interplay between real estate prices vs human capital. Like a company can afford either to fuck around with one cost, say expenses aligned toward real estate and all the trappings of a fancy office, or people…

  Both together just seems too much…

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• helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Good luck dumping any commercial real estate right now. The new Google building in Austin is completely empty. You can see right through it.

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• banneryear1868@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Dump it and build public housing to accommodate their labor demand instead of useless and wasteful structures, the office needs to die.

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