• SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
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      Wouldn’t be nearly enough to get me back in an office. The benefits of working full time from home are worth far more than $5k/yr.

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        Heck, I remember a company car being with around $8k salary-wise a few years ago. That was just for fuel & maintenance.

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        yeah 5k is what, barely over $400 a month? so for free groceries essentially this person would skip out on remote work lol

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      I recently had a recruiter reach out offering a 3day in the office hybrid position. I said I’d be happy to chat assuming they meet my salary requirements.

      Those requirements are 50% more pay. Simple.

      I don’t mind going to the office when it is useful, but having a tues-thurs schedule means at least half the time I’ll be sitting there with headphones on trying to block out the world while trying to ignore random chatters.

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      Hell, I’m looking at taking a $30k total compensation hit and jumping to a remote first organization. Given I’m trying to leave for many other reasons, but if they weren’t remote first the decision would be much harder.

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        That’s right around the cut I took, totally worth it. As a bonus, the new company expects me to be here when I’m working, and to NOT be here when I’m not working. Seems like such a basic concept, but I was ‘on’ or ‘on call’ 24/7 for years at the old job. No more of that either. Quality of life is worth a bunch of money to me…

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          My experience has been the opposite. I make way more remote, because I’m able to travel the world remotely, and can go where the money is. No more needing to put up with local wages that have been stagnant for a decade, and a stagnant local culture that’s stuck 30 years in the past.

          That’s what they are really scared about.

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      I worked it out, parking, wear and tear on the car + the loss in value in putting in way more mileage, fuel, and time. It added up to more than $40k.