>You should at least accept less by the amount of your commuting costs,
If that's the case then we should also demand more by the same amount that the employer pays in office leases, right? If the employer gets money that I save, then I get money that the employer saves too, or is this a one-way thing?
I'm thinking it'll be a substantial salary increase, but I expect some opprobrium if I pitch the idea ;-)
More seriously, I have no doubt that any honest knowledge worker with a decent WFH setup delivers more value to their employer from home than they did from the office.
This increased productivity is increased value that the employers get for free. A good thing!
Before the pandemic it was almost universally accepted that open offices were detrimental to knowledge work, but it was defended by the financials. You could fit more people in smaller offices, which saved money.
Now that the offices can be eliminated almost entirely, suddenly it's no longer about the money.
The real reason is of course that managers often can't measure productivity from office workers and use butts-in-seats as a substitute. I think it is a very poor substitute.
If that's the case then we should also demand more by the same amount that the employer pays in office leases, right? If the employer gets money that I save, then I get money that the employer saves too, or is this a one-way thing?
I'm thinking it'll be a substantial salary increase, but I expect some opprobrium if I pitch the idea ;-)
More seriously, I have no doubt that any honest knowledge worker with a decent WFH setup delivers more value to their employer from home than they did from the office. This increased productivity is increased value that the employers get for free. A good thing!
Before the pandemic it was almost universally accepted that open offices were detrimental to knowledge work, but it was defended by the financials. You could fit more people in smaller offices, which saved money.
Now that the offices can be eliminated almost entirely, suddenly it's no longer about the money.
The real reason is of course that managers often can't measure productivity from office workers and use butts-in-seats as a substitute. I think it is a very poor substitute.