Re:38% of remote workers work from bed
by pat2man on Thursday July 29, 2021 @10:34PM
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In which case employers should just increase wages to take into account how much is saved on office space. Then workers might be able to afford larger houses or apartments.
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except they're cutting salaries because apparently col is lower and they think we don't need the money were earning...
Re:38% of remote workers work from bed
by legerdemain on Thursday July 29, 2021 @11:01PM
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Wouldn't landlords just raise the rent to compensate?
Let's never get raises because landlords will also raise rent.
Re:38% of remote workers work from bed
by legerdemain on Friday July 30, 2021 @03:02AM
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Yes, let's not all simultaneously get raises. The value of money is its inequity, not its quantity.
Yup, agreed. I vote that legerdemain doesn't get a raise, and the rest of us do.
After all, you didn't specify who should be the target of that inequity.
If the person is working remotely they have a much larger market to look for. If every white collar/knowledge worker suddenly got all the office budget and went to work from home you'd see big shocks but it could be spread throughout the country not just in cities. Of course there'd be a huge new market opportunity for turning the suddenly empty office buildings into apartments or something too.