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You don't both need a private office, there is no reason you can't have one office room with 2 desks. Companies should probably pay extra with the savings from

You don't both need a private office, there is no reason you can't have one office room with 2 desks. Companies should probably pay extra with the savings from not having to rent an office. Combined with the savings from not having to transport yourself to an office, it should be affordable.

TeMPOraL 7y ago
> Combined with the savings from not having to transport yourself to an office, it should be affordable. Until it isn't. That's the magic of the invisible hand at work. And when you can barely afford rent on a WFH-friendly apartment with work subsidies, think of all the regular families with non-tech salaries that can no longer dream of it.
- Polylactic_acid 7y ago
  The benefit of WFH is your actual location doesn't matter too much. If the inner city apartment is too expensive then find one further out. Anyone with a full time job should be able to find something with 2 bedrooms somewhere in the country/state of their job.
CydeWeys 7y ago
> You don't both need a private office, there is no reason you can't have one office room with 2 desks. My girlfriend and I both have a good number of meetings, which is incompatible with being in the same room as another person also yapping to their computer. When we both have meetings we need to be in a different room. > Combined with the savings from not having to transport yourself to an office, it should be affordable. I pay roughly $30 per month in total transportation costs, so this is negligible. My $3,800 rent at least gets me an apartment within walking distance (and easy biking distance) of work.
UncleMeat 7y ago
I have days with seven hours of meetings. Having another person in the room isn’t an option.
- top_kekeroni_m8 7y ago
  That sounds like a nightmare, to be honest. What do you do?
  - UncleMeat 7y ago
    I'm a middle manager of a moderately sized team. 7hr meeting days are the exception (maybe 1 such day every two months). Usually its 3hrs-4hrs per day or so.

TeMPOraL 7y ago

> Combined with the savings from not having to transport yourself to an office, it should be affordable. Until it isn't. That's the magic of the invisible hand at work. And when you can barely afford rent on a WFH-friendly apartment with work subsidies, think of all the regular families with non-tech salaries that can no longer dream of it.

Polylactic_acid 7y ago
The benefit of WFH is your actual location doesn't matter too much. If the inner city apartment is too expensive then find one further out. Anyone with a full time job should be able to find something with 2 bedrooms somewhere in the country/state of their job.

CydeWeys 7y ago

> You don't both need a private office, there is no reason you can't have one office room with 2 desks. My girlfriend and I both have a good number of meetings, which is incompatible with being in the same room as another person also yapping to their computer. When we both have meetings we need to be in a different room. > Combined with the savings from not having to transport yourself to an office, it should be affordable. I pay roughly $30 per month in total transportation costs, so this is negligible. My $3,800 rent at least gets me an apartment within walking distance (and easy biking distance) of work.

UncleMeat 7y ago

I have days with seven hours of meetings. Having another person in the room isn’t an option.

top_kekeroni_m8 7y ago
That sounds like a nightmare, to be honest. What do you do?
- UncleMeat 7y ago
  I'm a middle manager of a moderately sized team. 7hr meeting days are the exception (maybe 1 such day every two months). Usually its 3hrs-4hrs per day or so.