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My personal expenses are decidedly lower when I work from home. So I don't see how it can be said that they are shifting their costs onto me.
Disruptions to these are now your responsibility to fix and your pay check is now dependent on them.
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What cost? If anything the employee now saves time and money from the commute alone.
My workspace cost me money to furnish, and it permanently takes up part of my house. I don't personally mind as software development is a large part of my hobbies as well so I'd have that dedicated space irrespective of my job, but for a lot of people the need for a dedicated work space is tied to their job, and not something they'd otherwise need. Whether or not it's a net saving vs. transport costs really depends o…
I think the developer perspective can cloud the fact that the overwhelming majority just have a laptop and a place to put it for their "workspace".
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That's 35min a day you don't have to spend. That's 2.5 hours a week.
No, that's 35 minutes of physical activity they have to make up some other way.
Of course they can continue to spend that time doing the exact same walk if they want, no "make up some other way" necessary.
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If they previously chose those areas for convenient location in regards their work, now they're free to move anywhere they'd like.
“Free”? Do you have absolutely no attachments to where you live? People have social support networks - friends, families, places that they go to, classes they’re taking. Children who go to schools and have friends there and go to parks for play dates and birthdays. Those are just one or two of the social costs. How much does it cost in real money to relocate a family of 3 or 4? People who live close to work in an exp…
The entitlement from these guys, just gross.
I am not renting, can I ask for my company to pay my mortgage? Of if my mortgage was over, could I "rent" my home to company for the hours I work? The entitlement from these guys, just gross.
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> I would gladly pay the same amount of money directly to the employee instead of dealing with insurance companies and their bullshit. Well in this case the swiss companies must pay the amount directly to the employee, so you should be happy?
In this case, it makes no sense for employer to pay. Everyone lives differently, have different homes, different cost of utilities etc. It makes more sense to provide a tax deduction or credit to employee directly. If using this theory that just because someone is working from home, we should pay a portion of rent etc, then where do we stop. Why not pay for their coffee/tea while they are working at home. How do we d…
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> My ethical compass would feel it's wrong to squeeze additional benefits from an arrangement I have seen others thinking like that, and then become very sore when they are fired in an economic downturn. They feel that "it is not fair" because they did as much as they could for their company, the company did not care. Is that different in Switzerland? Has it a similar culture to Japan where firing an employee is the…
There is a (not so fine) line between looking after yourself and being a greedy jerk. I find that a little bit of grace goes a long way. Ask for a raise when you deserve it, absolutely. But if you ruthlessly try to extract every last penny from your employer, they will do the same to you. Have you ever browsed HN at work? Have you ever left just a few minutes before 5? I don't want my workplace to be a battleground o…
There's a story I was once told about how someone worked really late and then they came in late the next morning, but a VP happened to notice and they got in trouble despite having worked overtime.
I'm in favor of not being a "greedy jerk", but you have to do it for yourself. If you think you will be rewarded, that is delusional, and really just another type of greed.
Thought: - Companies that now realised that remote schemes works for them, will push for that scheme to remain, with the aim of reducing their fixed costs (office rent, utilities, insurance, etc). - This eliminates a big chunk of fixed costs... as most are shifted to the employees. - If authorities/employees start demanding that part of those costs are covered by the company, companies will push to get avoid work-fro…
> This eliminates a big chunk of fixed costs... as most are shifted to the employees On the other hand, employees suddenly gain a lot of free time, especially those on enormous commutes. But even for small-ish commutes and 1 day/wk in the physical office the numbers are significant - at 30min one way travel, 4 days HO give you 4 h of extra time - or 10% of their workweek. Fully remote with 1h one way travel? 10 hours…
But the thing I like most about WFH is that it feels like I've gained a lot of time. I may only drive for 10 minutes, but it takes 5 minutes to pack up, 10 minutes to walk to my car, 10 minutes to drive, 5 minutes to...it feels like I have more than an hour additional free time every day.
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If they previously chose those areas for convenient location in regards their work, now they're free to move anywhere they'd like.
“Free”? Do you have absolutely no attachments to where you live? People have social support networks - friends, families, places that they go to, classes they’re taking. Children who go to schools and have friends there and go to parks for play dates and birthdays. Those are just one or two of the social costs. How much does it cost in real money to relocate a family of 3 or 4? People who live close to work in an exp…
"How much does it cost in real money to relocate a family of 3 or 4?"
Versus living in the aforementioned very expensive area? Seems like it would probably save money to move somewhere more affordable.