To be fair to them, flying does cause a lot of time waste and hassles.
The curious thing is that expansion to places within reasonable driving distance like East Bay has been slow as well. Is the cost saving from East Bay locations not large enough or is it some other factors?
The BART-connected East Bay is only a little cheaper, and many SF and SV employees already live there. (On my last team, everyone commuted at least an hour on BART).
Sacramento is almost a normal American city in terms of real estate prices. It would be pretty reasonable to live and work there, and take the train to SF for investor meetings.
In that case, moving the office to East Bay would save everyone about 2 hours each work day? Seems like an amazing benefit for everyone involved—-less commuting time & stress, better productivity, greater employee satisfaction. Why haven’t more companies move there? Really curious.
When you’re in SF, people can also commute from the Peninsula. Also there is probably more office space in walking distance of a single Market St. BART stop than the entire East Bay network put together.
.02: once you get off the peninsula and public transit goes to shit (well, even more shit), you're basically committing to never hire people who live on the peninsula. The reverse isn't true.
The curious thing is that expansion to places within reasonable driving distance like East Bay has been slow as well. Is the cost saving from East Bay locations not large enough or is it some other factors?