Comment on Returning to the office is 'wildly more expensive' today than in 2019—here's how much people are spending

Jaysyn@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• SinningStromgald@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Wouldn’t be nearly enough to get me back in an office. The benefits of working full time from home are worth far more than $5k/yr.

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  • MasterBlaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Especially if you have kids. Daycare adds $1300-$1500 per month for one child.

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    • altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Daycare, vehicle ownership and maintenance costs, commute time…

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      • insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Being sick because people come in with their fucking germs.

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    • GrindingGears@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You still need daycare if you have kids at home, remote or not. You can’t honestly tell me you are getting work done with your kids at home, unless they are like >9

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      • MasterBlaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        7 year old, goes to school. I save on after-care, which ain’t cheap. Where I am, one can lose their kids for neglect if s/he comes home to an empty house up to 12 years old.

        Hell, when I was in grade school, I walked to and from school, got home, got a snack, watched TV, or played with friends until parents got home.

        Since there is statistically less crime now than then, I’m scratching my head over why we all have to be so scared of everything.

        • think of the children!

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      • insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Have worked with kids at home since March 2020 when they were 4 and 6. School for half the day, then take turns supervising basically with my partner. It’s not ideal but it works.

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  • Clasm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Heck, I remember a company car being with around $8k salary-wise a few years ago. That was just for fuel & maintenance.

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  • ngdev@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    yeah 5k is what, barely over $400 a month? so for free groceries essentially this person would skip out on remote work lol

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• hightrix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I recently had a recruiter reach out offering a 3day in the office hybrid position. I said I’d be happy to chat assuming they meet my salary requirements.

  Those requirements are 50% more pay. Simple.

  I don’t mind going to the office when it is useful, but having a tues-thurs schedule means at least half the time I’ll be sitting there with headphones on trying to block out the world while trying to ignore random chatters.

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• GrindingGears@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I worked it out, parking, wear and tear on the car + the loss in value in putting in way more mileage, fuel, and time. It added up to more than $40k.

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