Google is charging its employees $99 a night to stay at its on-campus hotel to help "transition to the hybrid workplace."

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Google Takes a Page Out of Twitter's Book: Invites Employees to Sleep 'On Campus' for a Fee
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isnt this the opposite direction prospective employees would be going? who the hell is looking to live at their job?

This is unfortunately really common in East-Asia. Samsung employees live in Samsung apartments, ride the Samsung metro to work, pay for things with their Samsung wallet, while they listen to Samsung controlled news. Google would love to become the Samsung of the West.

I'm fine with all of that if Samsung is paying.

Where does Samsung's money come from? Like all corporations it comes from extracting the value of its laborers. If you're working for Samsung, you are paying for the Samsung services, even if it's not directly apparent.