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Re:Apple employees criticize work-from-home policy in open l... by lolsal on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @01:18PM (#31250848)
> I think if commuting time was fully paid work hours, then companies would quickly agree that minor optimizations like this aren't worth it.

I would argue that you have priced in your commute to your market value when you take a job that requires you to commute, especially since knowledge workers tend to be salary, not hourly.

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Re:Apple employees criticize work-from-home policy in open l... by antihero on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @01:38PM (#31251115)
Well then you could consider remote jobs to be worth £2k+ more salary, net.
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Re:Apple employees criticize work-from-home policy in open l... by r00fus on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @04:49PM (#31253378)
You are vastly underestimating the value of 3h (Bay Area average) of out of each week if one commutes 5 days a week. 3h*50wk = 150h - assuming $100 (lowball) bill rate that's $15k. A more median bill rate would likely be about $250 meaning it's probably worth $50k.
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Re:Apple employees criticize work-from-home policy in open l... by lolsal on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @01:41PM (#31251143)
> Well then you could consider remote jobs to be worth £2k+ more salary, net.

I consider them to be worth a lot more than that!

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Re:Apple employees criticize work-from-home policy in open l... by anonymoushn on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @08:42PM (#31255478)
Maybe you mean monthly?
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