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Amazon CEO reportedly told remote employees: ‘It’s probably not going to work out’
(www.theverge.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2023
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Being forced back to the office is a paycut itself. It adds commute costs (fuel, wear and tear if you drive) and wastes more of your time you could spend doing other things. It also increases pollution and traffic for no good reason.
I had a headhunter come to me with what they thought was an aggressive offer to pry me away from my current company, but they believed in full office time all the time.
I calculated the commute time + gas + wear and tear into my calculation and it came in under my existing pay.
Went back to him and said unless you’re willing to do much better or move on the remote situation I’d be losing money by taking your offer.
I’ve heard from him a few times since asking if we can discuss it and I always ask, what’s the remote situation? “Oh maybe we can do a couple days a month.” Yea. No. Thanks for the offer, not interested. I recommend your company takes a second look at their office attendance requirements to stay competitive.
I know I’m not the only one as well. And I’m really hoping people start taking the opportunity to stand up to these useless requirements.