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Post-COVID-19 And The “Escape” From Silicon Valley Of The World’s Leading Technology Engineers
After a series of tech giants announced to their home workers, many technology engineers are already preparing to move out of Silicon Valley because renting a house in the San Francisco Bay Area is too expensive.
Sachin Dhar once thought that he and his fiancé had a “good deal” for paying $ 2,650 a month for a one-bedroom apartment in southern San Francisco — a location very close to Facebook’s headquarters. At Menlo Park — where his girlfriend works. Nevertheless, ever since the world’s largest social network announced that its entire staff could work from home until the end of the year, the young couple’s plans have changed. Dhar (25) had worked remotely for an advertising agency before the outbreak. So they considered moving to an area near a remote rural area to save money on rent.
In the same mood with Dhar, Dylan Hecklau (32) — an employee of technology company Jelli Inc in Silicon Valley is also “moving” to prepare to move house after the company decided to let employees work at home. Hecklau is paying more than $ 3,200 per month for apartments in San Francisco, and this cost makes many of his other plans delayed…
