Google employees who work from home could lose money

Re:Google employees who work from home could lose money by bnycum on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @09:41AM (#28128715)

I've worked from home for almost 12 years now, and I have always thought about the reverse. How much of an increase in pay would it take for me to go back into the office? Probably about 20% at least. If I were working in an office with a 2 hour commute I'd definitely take that 10% paycut to live a much better life.

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Re:Google employees who work from home could lose money by rwmj on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @09:47AM (#28128811)

I've been working from home for 18 years and there's no amount of money that would make me commute to a job. I'd take another job or work for myself rather than do it.

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Re:Google employees who work from home could lose money by ryneandal on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @09:57AM (#28128907)

Kudos for 18 years at home, that's incredible! I've done ~5 years for the majority of time now, and now with four kids that need extensive time with me, I will forever take a WFH position. With discipline, it makes for an exceptional work/life balance.

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Re:Google employees who work from home could lose money by DaiPlusPlus on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:35AM (#28140719)

I’ve done ~3 years now - and my work is my life. I do 18+ hour days and frequent 24-36-almost-48 hour stretches because I want to.

I hate it - and I love it - and I can’t stop. Part of me is concerned for my health, the other part of me is concerned the other-part is going to end the dream.

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Re:Google employees who work from home could lose money by api on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:42AM (#28140771)

I run a startup at home. We became fully virtual a while back and now have people all over the world.

You have to set some boundaries. My big one is that I don’t work on weekends unless something is on fire. I may glance at emails but that’s it.

I also don’t live alone. I have a wife and kids and will take breaks to see them. I do work pretty long hours during the week but it’s punctuated with some positive human interaction. My wife stays home with the kids right now, so they are here.

I think if I lived alone I’d be prone to do what you do, and I’m not sure it would actually increase my productivity. There’s a point where you hit diminishing returns for any knowledge work. The brain needs rest like any other thing. I think if I lived alone I’d be forced to set weekday time boundaries to keep from going nuts.

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Re:Google employees who work from home could lose money by papito on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @11:46AM (#28130265)

Is it so black and white, though. I admit that commuting 5 days a week now seems like a completely wild idea, but I am ok with getting out of the house every once in a while.

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Re:Google employees who work from home could lose money by smabie on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @12:24PM (#28130786)

you wouldn't do it for an extra 10mil a year?

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Re:Google employees who work from home could lose money by ghaff on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @01:04PM (#28131338)

Sure, there are a lot of things I'd do for $10m so long as they're legal and not unduly dangerous. For maybe a year. Of course, that option isn't really on the table most of the time.

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