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While I agree that it can be annoying to see C-levels jetting around the globe while you're sitting in front of the same computer every day, likely feeling underpaid - what is the "asymmetry"? Or the remedy? Do you think that if they tighten their budget of perks, or reduce their compensation, some of that money will somehow flow to you? Because no, it won't.

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Mostly I feel sorry for people whose lives are so empty that they feel the need to fly across the world to have a conversation about work. Stay home! Zoom works great and you can go for a walk with your spouse after you log off instead of drinking alone in a hotel bar.

The crucial conversations occur between human beings who have met or worked often enough to have created a social connection.

Think about how absurd it is to argue that Zoom is enough to sustain family or intimate relationships over the long haul.

Zoom isn’t enough. Having that walk with a potential client, that colleague or that supplier might well be.

"Zoom works great" - not for cultivating real relationships (friends, business, family, etc) it doesn't

How is this an argument for leaving your family behind to go work in an identical office across the country?

if you truly believe Zoom works great then you should be perfectly happy Zoom calling your family from whatever workplace you choose to go visit

Well, you got me. No way to weasel out of that logic. No hard feelings, and have a lucrative life!

Well it has to go somewhere. I’m personally against hoarding in general. Less concentration means more equality.

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