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> A Google employee interviewed by Reuters commutes two hours each way to the company's Seattle office. That employee was considering switching to remote work p
by chickenpotpie 5y ago
> A Google employee interviewed by Reuters commutes two hours each way to the company's Seattle office. That employee was considering switching to remote work permanently when the company reopens its offices in October. But then the employee looked at the location-based pay calculator and realized the switch to full-time remote work would mean a 10 percent pay cut--in effect, rescinding the raise that came with this person's most recent promotion. "I didn't do all that hard work to get promoted to then take a pay cut," the employee told Reuters.
This is absolutely insane. A 10% pay cut is absolutely worth 4 hours of your day back everyday and this person is completely irrational.
- 650REDHAIR 5y agoYou couldn’t entice me to commute 1 hour let alone 4 hours for a 50% pay increase.
- pempem 5y agoSo you're trading those four hours for potentially years of earlier retirement. Do we not think that matters, complainer or not?
- 650REDHAIR 5y agoBecause you are only this young once. You don't get this time back at the end of your career.
- secretsatan 5y agoI mean, it depends on your pay I guess. But 4 hours commute, just no, why do people do that? I most probably is worth 10% But I am of the opinion that if google thinks the job is worth what they are currently paying, then that's what it's worth, but the arguments used here are terrible? I don't think any company pays commute time, and not doing 4hours commute doesn't mean google should get an extra 4 hours work a day out of the employee
- pempem 5y agoUsually bc you create a life and then get the killer job and have to make a decision around partners, families, other less flex options
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoThey would only need to go in three days a week on hybrid, so the math is a bit harder than if it was five days a week. I’m working remote from Seattle so my salary didn’t change at all, but if it were three days a week and a salary change was involved, I would have to think about it.
- bananapear 5y agoBut presumably they've been wfh for most of the last two years without a suggestion of the pay cut?
- bradlys 5y agoGonna be real with you - the worker probably has nothing going for them outside of work and is fine with the 4 hours of commuting because it fills time that they would otherwise feel hopeless over. I think they’re also just attention seeking and trying to talk to a paper for 30 minutes to get some free negotiating power. If they succeed, it only took 30 minutes to retain their 10%.
- nickd2001 5y ago+1. And a 4 hr round trip is a lot of petrol and depreciation cost because you couldn't do that daily with an old car. Unless maybe Google gives free charge for EVs?