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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by heavyset_go on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @11:31PM (#27376946)
Sometimes people say they're making a time trade off for more money, and plan to use that money to buy more time.

While money is fungible, time is not. You can't buy more time with your kids while they're young if they're already grown. You can't buy more time with someone who has passed away. And you can't buy your way out of missed opportunities in your personal life, once they've gone they're gone.

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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by EliRivers on Thursday June 03, 2021 @05:06AM (#27378739)
Chap at work (at his home,rather!) has spent the last 15 months making and eating breakfast with his children every day.

He's not coming back to the office. No way, no how. He's seen a better life.

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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by blevin on Thursday June 03, 2021 @01:50AM (#27377658)
We talk about the time-value of money; perhaps there’s also a time-value of time.
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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by warkdarrior on Thursday June 03, 2021 @01:37AM (#27377583)
I would rather pay the maid to spend 5 hours to clean the whole house once a week, while I take the kids to the park or to the beach.

Same thing applies to cooking, groceries, errands, etc.

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