Fast-food chains have long doled out perks to attract customers (who doesn’t want to spend $100+ on Chipotle burrito bowls to get one for free?).
Now US cities are getting into the act: According to the Wall Street Journal, there are 24+ community incentive programs to attract remote workers.
Curated by a service called MakeMyMove, they include:
This isn’t the first time cities have offered perks to attract people. One major difference is that previous incentive schemes mostly aimed to attract corporations, not individuals.
Either way, remote work is here to stay. The Ladders — a job site — notes that remote job listings paying >$80k make up 15% of all listings, vs. 4% at the end of 2019.
To really woo these workers, cities might have to start breaking out free burrito bowls.