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>huge cost of living increase that workers need to be compensated for. what is the huge cost of living increase here? i dont have to pay for gas/bus pass anym
by grillvogel 5y ago
>huge cost of living increase that workers need to be compensated for.
what is the huge cost of living increase here? i dont have to pay for gas/bus pass anymore, overpriced parking, overpriced food, overpriced coffee. i had a 1 time cost to buy a nice monitor and peripherals but this benefits me as well.
- domano 5y agoHeating, electricity, furniture, maybe a seperate room, internet.
- retrac 5y agoIt's worse the poorer you already are on average, I figure. My cousin was switched to WFH and she had no where quiet to work. Always someone shouting or kids playing too loud. Fixing that sort of issue is not easy when cash strapped. If WFH becomes obligatory there will be some who will have no where to work, in the sense of office space. Seems like a potential poverty trap.
- rightisleft 5y agoAn extra bedroom for a home office in NYC is a significant cost. For a median priced apartment in Brooklyn that will easily be $15-20K extra a year. For people in cheaper cities it might be less of a burden.