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Can't speak for the other person, but I work in the city and the best part about lunchtime is walking. Yes, duh, you can walk in NJ, but walking in NYC is so much more interesting. You can take a different route into the streets each time and see different things, or you can walk along that magnificent river.
I worked in Jersey City for the past three years until we returned to the WTC earlier this year. You could walk along the river there, too, but walking the streets got pretty boring after the first few months.
Can't speak for the other person, but I work in the city and the best part about lunchtime is walking. Yes, duh, you can walk in NJ, but walking in NYC is so much more interesting. You can take a different route into the streets each time and see different things, or you can walk along that magnificent river.
I worked in Jersey City for the past three years until we returned to the WTC earlier this year. You could walk along the river there, too, but walking the streets got pretty boring after the first few months.
Agree. Walking, doing errands. There are thousands of businesses within a quick walk. There are a few parks I can walk to, and the East River. With Citibike, I can do a quick lap around Central Park during my lunch break. There are special events going on all the time. Wednesday the Veterans Day parade passed by a block away from the office, so we went down and took a look. When I worked out in Morris County anything and everything was a drive away. To me it's much more fun to walk 10 minutes to the post office than drive 10 minutes to the post office, find a place to park, etc.
After work in NYC, I can walk to bars/restaurants, to theaters and events, professional networking events, to MSG for a Rangers game, etc. All within a few minutes' walk. Over the past two weeks I've gone to a book signing, a lecture, and a comedy show after work. Two of those events were free! If I still worked in Florham Park I wouldn't be able to do that kind of stuff after work. I'd go home, maybe to the gym, but not before sitting in tons of traffic first.
If building a couple of new rail tunnels is too expensive then a cheaper alternative is for those NYC companies employing all those Dilberts in Manhattan is to have satellite offices across the river in NJ. This way their NJ workers don't have to schlep into the city everyday.
Plus you're not in contact everyday with the pointy haired boss but you can still brag about working for the Big Name Company in NYC.
No need for thousands to cross into NYC everyday to sit in your cube when NJ cubes are cheaper plus you save on commuter costs.
Leave the trip into NYC for the entertainment and dining options that you occasionally do.
I can attest to working in NYC is way more pleasant than working the same job in the suburbs since you avoid driving your car during rush hour, you can walk around outside and actually do things during lunch and when you go home, you don't have to drive in rush hour traffic. Our office can employee people from the whole regions too, so you're not reduced to only local talent.
I can attest to working in NYC is way more pleasant than working the same job in the suburbs since you avoid driving your car during rush hour, you can walk around outside and actually do things during lunch and when you go home, you don't have to drive in rush hour traffic. Our office can employee people from the whole regions too, so you're not reduced to only local talent.
Do you need a prescription for those rose-colored glasses?
LOL, the city is great, but there might be a couple negatives....
Employer can't get top candidates outside of the city.
My company is on the JC waterfront and we have a recruit problem since taking a job in NJ is seen as a sign of personal failure among many NYC bound grads.
One of my friends is highly placed in marketing for P&G but rarely commutes into the NJ corporate office. P&G rents office space and apartments near midtown and many of the NJ employees will be required to commute to NYC for important meetings since high level managers live in Manhattan and refuse to commute to NJ everyday. I'm sure it saves P&G a bundle of money to locate middle rank employees in a NJ suburb but the upper echelon clearly prefer NYC.
NJ has appeal for relocating call centers or paper pushing business roles but the real movers & shakers of the business world will need to be pried away from the city.
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