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My company is paying for any necessary equipment people need to work, but that's about it. I can't really imagine most companies compensating you for you workin

My company is paying for any necessary equipment people need to work, but that's about it. I can't really imagine most companies compensating you for you working at home itself though for a few reasons. 1) Many companies are doing pay cuts. They're not going to pay you for something like this if your base salary isn't even what it should be. It's time to be saving money. Companies are trying to limit spending wherever possible. 2) Most companies are assuming that not everyone is even going to work their regular amount due to children, and other duties. I don't particularly expect people to be compensated more for working at home when it's possible people can't do their job as effectively as before. 3) A lot of companies don't even pay you for commuting time or other similar commitments that are required for getting into work. If they did pay for that, then you would actually be getting a pay cut for working from home since that's time saved. 4) Plenty of companies that already hire people to work remotely, do not pay them more because they don't work in an office. That said, they may pay for your internet since it's considered essential for you to do your job, especially if your role requires decent internet (eg software dev/operations/on-call rotations). These are just a few reasons of the top of my head.

mrpigeonpants 6y ago
Those are good reasons. To add to that: 1) Companies are still paying for office space right now, even though people aren't using it. If they reduce their physical spaces in the future, the capital will likely go into hiring more people, which I'd rather see. 2) It's tricky from an accounting perspective, though I like the one-time stipend idea mentioned in the comments here. 3) Not having a commute saves time AND a lot of money, I've personally spent a few hundred dollars upgrading my desk / accessories to get comfy, but saved many times that on commuting and misc expenses. 4) Adding to the above, there are many things that companies generally aren't expected to pay for, like wardrobe, transportation, food, cell phone, etc. It seems like home office falls into that bucket as well based on precedent. Maybe that will change, but I don't have any expectations that it will.

mrpigeonpants 6y ago

Those are good reasons. To add to that: 1) Companies are still paying for office space right now, even though people aren't using it. If they reduce their physical spaces in the future, the capital will likely go into hiring more people, which I'd rather see. 2) It's tricky from an accounting perspective, though I like the one-time stipend idea mentioned in the comments here. 3) Not having a commute saves time AND a lot of money, I've personally spent a few hundred dollars upgrading my desk / accessories to get comfy, but saved many times that on commuting and misc expenses. 4) Adding to the above, there are many things that companies generally aren't expected to pay for, like wardrobe, transportation, food, cell phone, etc. It seems like home office falls into that bucket as well based on precedent. Maybe that will change, but I don't have any expectations that it will.