True. Outside of brief hardware / furniture accommodations that were offered at the start of the pan, my previous company made out like bandits. They tried a six week “experiment” of having us come to the office twice a week in 2021. At the end, they looked at the numbers, made wfh the primary mode, and moved to a smaller office.
For context, the CEO / owner had been floating the possibility of taking over the office space across from us, doubling our footprint, in early 2020.
Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 days ago
Depends where you are. Imagine losing 2 hours a day in traffic + buying lunches cause never room in fridge. I knew multiple coworkers that got hotels to stay in and took train back home for weekends because it was cheaper than living close to work or didn’t want to uproot family.
Savings in those cases well outweighs 20%.
b3an@lemmy.world 3 days ago
But the inconvenience of all that shit sounds horrible and unnecessary. Fuck commuting in traffic spewing CO2 to line some asshole’s pocket who doesn’t want me to have a normal standard of living.
Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 days ago
That’s why the 20% cut could be worth it. Now you can get more sleep in.
b3an@lemmy.world 3 days ago
No, that’s the stupidest shit. Why should you take a cut in pay?? What warped mind fuck world are you living where you think you have to give up a fifth of your wages for this right??