I remember that you guys were house shopping. Heck if that's off the table then it takes a lot pressure off you in some ways financially.troyguitar wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 11:43 pm I don't generally give a fuck what happens to housing or the market, the break that I'm hoping for is that 100% remote employment opportunities become common enough for us to have them.
If all of our cash disappears and we have to pay $3k/mo to rent a decent place in a decent city that's "fine" - as long as we have fucking jobs that allow us to live where we want vs being chained to an office for no god damn reason.
Short term my hope/plan is: Wife keeps her current job. She's been working 100% remote for 8 weeks now and the government mandate currently runs through what will be the 10th week of 100% remote work. With some luck, she can convince the boss to make the remote status permanent and we can move South this Fall, likely a rental in Charlotte. The boss allowing this is the lucky break that I'm pinning my hopes and dreams on, it's that possible future which is keeping me from being totally miserable right now. 10+ weeks of no impact to job performance has to be a long enough trial to prove that it will work. 3/4 of her team isn't even in this country anyway, it was fucking insane that we had to live here even before the virus.
Charlotte is a nice city with good weather. I could get on board with that WFH lifestyle. Who knows what corporate dinosaurs will decide now that their lives are literally on the line. Still doubtful it will go remote in 90% of work establishments, but I agree that they should.