I spoke up in a recent meeting about how big of a pay cut it would be to come back into the office. Supervisor and even coworkers were just like …ya.
Alright, so everyone has just accepted this shit as inevitable!?
this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2023
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Hell, no. I was hired remote, the position was approved as remote, and remote is where I'm going to stay.
If I go job hunting, that's my #1 criteria. I took less money because remote, and because health insurance. I stand by that decision today, and would do the same again.
Paying more for not offering remote is the bare minimum for office workers
I mean yeah gas alone is at least 75% more expensive.
Just looked it up. It's 43% more now than this time 4 years ago.
Though at it's peak back in June, it was 76% higher than June 4 years ago.
Gas hit $4 a gallon in 2008, I paid $2.79 for gas yesterday. The numbers could show what we want to with gas. Working in office sucks and I'd like to be compensated. 1.5 hrs to work and 1 hr home for the most part. So I am around $500 a month gas wise, and 50 hrs a month of used time that I am out. It sucks
As someone fortunate enough to be able to negotiate - there is no way I will do office work ever again as long as it's avoidable. I'd skip the country to enforce remoteness before calling an office my life.
So it’s not surprising to him that, when asked what work perks would get hybrid employees to return in-person more often, the No. 1 response was if their commuting costs were covered (38%), over other things like free food, child-care subsidies or a relaxed dress code.
Those aren't perks, those are reduced but still unnecessary hardships. I don't have a dress code, travel expenses, or travel time. Wake up and work when I'm most switched on.
Pro-office folk only care about control and realestate.
To be fair, team building isn't great unless your team is a bunch of introverts so that is one point for office.
I prefer 100% WFH because I can spend the commute time with my kids and tell them outright that time is worth another 100k which I've never had taken up. I have solar at home so I make no energy footprint while I work too.
My employer is asking me to come in 3x a week when on the bench. Maybe 2x when assigned on a project.
I don't live far from work, but I spend on bus tickets just to go to and come back from the office. Buying a monthly bus pass isn't worth it for me considering how much I go out. The bus fare increased quite a bit in the past 5 years.
Plus I have to buy lunch everytime I go because I can't carry a lunch with an the equipment. And food from restaurants or food courts have become ridiculously expensive.
I'd be willing to go once or twice a week. More than that is useless and costly.