Get Paid $10,000 to leave the Bay Area, but on the other hand Oakland and San Jose renters among the nation’s Top 10 Happiest!
A new startup called MainStreet entices employees frustrated by the high costs of the Bay Area by paying them $10,000 to relocate to a less expensive locale like Salt Lake City or Sacramento, they keep their tech jobs and work remotely from A co-working location where 20 people from 7 or 8 different companies may be working. “To head off workers’ concerns about moving to a locale without attractive job opportunities to fall back on in case something goes wrong, MainStreet will offer workers who do lose their jobs a stipend of up to $5,000 a month for up the three months and health care benefits for the who family, along with help finding a new remote job. East Bay Times 11/12/19…then the same day, same publication, Report Finds Oakland, San Jose Renters Amount Nation’s Happiest…Miami took the top spot, Oakland came in second and San Jose fourth…”It seems once a renter finds an apartment in the Bay Area that he or she are satisfied with” as the report puts it “Its tough to leave”. East Bay Times 11/12/19
