Google employees who work from home could lose money

Re:Google employees who work from home could lose money by throwaway3b03 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @09:53AM (#28128872)

The situation is a bit more complex than that. First, people don't live in the office, so even if you live closer to the workplace, you still spend a non-negligible amount of time preparing and getting there. It can easily amount to more than 30 minutes a day.

And secondly, an office job can be stressful, consuming, in a way that commuting isn't (if done by train or bicycle for instance). So i wouldn't put them all in the same box as time devoted to work.

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Re:Google employees who work from home could lose money by UglyToad on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @09:58AM (#28128920)

There's a world of difference between going for a nice cycle or taking the train to see a new place or even going for a drive in the country versus cramming onto a standing-room-only train or risking your life in rush hour traffic or crawling along the highway in a tailback. Commuting is absolutely part of work, it's an unpaid part sure, but people aren't choosing it of their own free will.

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Re:Google employees who work from home could lose money by l-lousy on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @10:04AM (#28129008)

This is mainly discussing WFH, so in this case people actually are living in the office.

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