[mass55th]

My oldest son works for an international company, whose headquarters are here in the U.S. His department is just a small section of the main company that was leasing a couple of floors in a building in Albany, NY. When the scamdemic hit, the company set it up for the people working in that building, to work from home. It took some doing, because they had to be able to connect them all from home, to the main server half-way across the country. They also had to come and set up the security system on everyone's computers.

During the lockdown, the building they had leased was sold to someone, who then planned on renovating the whole building. Also during the lockdown, the company had the best earnings in quite a while, so it was decided it wasn't worth the money to lease offices in the old building after all. The company told everyone to go to the building and take what they wanted since nobody would be going back there. My son continues to work from home, which is just fine with him. He's happy not having to fight morning traffic in Albany, NY to get to work everyday, and then fight it again on the way home. Everybody in his department still gets a decent yearly bonus too. So, it's a win-win situation for everyone.

[1Old Pro]

He's happy not having to fight morning traffic in Albany, NY to get to work everyday, and then fight it again on the way home. Everybody in his department still gets a decent yearly bonus too. So, it's a win-win situation for everyone.

The only "losers" are merchants in downtown Albany and elsewhere. You couldn't get be to downtown Albany for anything. In fact, many argued in 1990 that putting the now MVP Arena downtown was shortsighted. It should have been built on available acreage in SAFE Latham and thus attract visitors from Albany/Schenectady/Troy. I have many friends that wouldn't go to Albany for an event at night on a bet.