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Companies usually have budget for setting up remote workers and IME are happy to pay for work spaces.
by meheleventyone 6y ago
Companies usually have budget for setting up remote workers and IME are happy to pay for work spaces.
- jlokier 6y agoIME they are not happy to pay for work spaces. A nice chair, a desk, a monitor. (Not that I have space for a nice chair at home!) But an office? No way. Perhaps it's because renting an office costs similar to renting a flat where I live (even though you get less space when renting an office). I have had positive signals towards paying for a desk in a shared workspace... But wait, aren't we working at home to avoid sharing workspaces at the moment?
- xnyan 6y agoDeveloper for a major hospital that's not in a tech hub. An executive suite got trashed, so we got a used chair ($25 donation to one of our company charities "suggested"), and that was it. If we need more WFH gear than that, then we are told we can go work in our limited remaining office space. I personally want more free WFH gear, but I think our execs are clever. "Oh, you don't have a desk? Nobody is in the office, so we can give you a socially-distanced 15x15' space for free if you drive in."
- meheleventyone 6y agoI'd hope that stance would shift if they didn't see it as a temporary thing. My experience has only been with remote positions where there is no office to attend.
- wasdfff 6y agoNo employer is going to hand me another $400 a month because I need an apartment with another bedroom to serve as the office.