New York City Companies Lure Subway-Wary Workers With Travel Stipends

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Some employers are willing to help pay for options including Citi Bikes, Ubers—even discounted parking—to get workers back into the office while concerns persist about the subway during the coronavirus pandemic

Emilie Goldman, a commercial real-estate broker in New York City, rode the subway about eight times a day before the coronavirus pandemic. Now, she mainly splits her trips around town between Revel mopeds, Citi Bikes and Ubers, courtesy of her employer, startup SquareFoot Inc.

As New York offices have begun to reopen, perceptions about the safety of public transit remain one of the biggest hurdles for returning employees. Some companies are trying to ease fears by making alternative modes of transportation available through...

 

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Better than being told you won’t get your salary back to normal unless you come in five days.

What mode of transportation did everyone use to get to the protests?

That's a great idea! It stimulates the economy. When private sectors steps its game up, markets bolster. A lot of companies are seeking to bring talent to that region from elsewhere. More companies need to participate. The deal can be sealed if NY changes the Governor & Mayor

So much for the green initiative of public transit. Tell me again how over-population, density and intensification is not a problem.

minakimes lives in NYC?

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I would remind them there are 10mln out of work that will replace them.

I know of one company that has been requiring at least some office attendance pretty much all along (except for one short stretch in the spring). They tell the employees to drive into NYC, and they cover the parking fee (though not the tolls).

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