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It should also be noted that a person recalled from the home office already has a hidden 20% pay cut if she or he has to commute for about an hour in each direc
by Archelaos 4y ago
It should also be noted that a person recalled from the home office already has a hidden 20% pay cut if she or he has to commute for about an hour in each direction.
EDIT: I mistakenly first wrote "each day" instead of "in each direction".
- brookst 4y agoTrue, if you assume time is perfectly fungible into money. For most of us it’s not.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y agoYou can also consider this in terms of work. Being forced into the office increases work by 20% without a commensurate raise.
- namdnay 4y agounless you spend a less time in the office than you would at home
- brookst 4y agoSure, but "pay cut" has a specific meaning, and that's not it. When I roll on to a new project and it is more/less work than my previous one, I don't think of it as a pay increase or decrease.
- acdha 4y agoDefinitely true normally but we’re in this weird world where a ton of people got to try a previously unavailable or unemphasized option. Full-time remote work used to be a bit unusual but a couple of years was enough for a lot of people to get used to the idea and now it feels like a cut to go back, even if they were used to being in the office in February 2020.
- acdha 4y agoNo, but commuting has other expenses: beyond the obvious cost of cars that often includes eating out more (often at pricier locations), extended childcare, wardrobe expenses, etc. No, a FAANG employee probably isn’t suffering (although consider the pay outside of the prestige jobs) but everyone just got a multi-year reminder of those indirect costs.
- the_lonely_road 4y agoIt does not cost 20% of a FANG salary to commute even if you are doing in in a Hummer you bought off military overstock .com.