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Re:Remote Work Is Here to Stay, and Employers Aren’t Happy A... by electrondood on Sunday August 27, 2023 @11:15AM (#37283468)
Exactly. Now they want up the employee to again pick up the costs of 1-2 hours of commuting each day, just to be physically in a meeting room to take a zoom call that they could have taken at home.

Oh, now you have to take hotel seating instead of your own desk and setup, where you have to take whatever equipment is available.

Pay me 20% more and give me a dedicated desk, and I'll go into the office.

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Re:Remote Work Is Here to Stay, and Employers Aren’t Happy A... by djbusby on Sunday August 27, 2023 @11:23AM (#37283537)
That zoom call could have been an email. But see up-thread about managers not wanting to put things in writing.
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Re:Remote Work Is Here to Stay, and Employers Aren’t Happy A... by DrBazza on Sunday August 27, 2023 @11:26AM (#37283577)
> give me a dedicated desk

A dedicated *office*.

I neither want to see, hear, or smell the guy at the open-plan desk next to me eat his lunch at his desk.

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Re:Remote Work Is Here to Stay, and Employers Aren’t Happy A... by genocidicbunny on Sunday August 27, 2023 @11:48AM (#37283790)
A dedicated, exclusive office. When I'm not in the building, I still don't want my office space being used by someone else. As far as I am concerned, I need to have a dedicated exclusive work area that is used only by me when I am physically present, and used by no one when I am not.
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Re:Remote Work Is Here to Stay, and Employers Aren’t Happy A... by fb03 on Sunday August 27, 2023 @12:50PM (#37284389)
you know what, just give me a dedicate, exclusive building.
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Re:Remote Work Is Here to Stay, and Employers Aren’t Happy A... by pg_1234 on Sunday August 27, 2023 @11:28AM (#37283591)
Pay me (time and costs) from the moment I step out my front door on the way to work.

Because I'm sure as hell not doing it for my benefit ...

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Re:Remote Work Is Here to Stay, and Employers Aren’t Happy A... by mikhailfranco on Monday August 28, 2023 @01:24AM (#37290082)
Yes you are, because (presumably) you live in an area that has cheaper/larger housing, and perhaps better natural environment, then accept the trade-off of a longer commute.

Those trade-offs are best made by the employee, not the employer. Everyone's preferences and family situations are different.

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Re:Remote Work Is Here to Stay, and Employers Aren’t Happy A... by znpy on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @03:10PM (#37327384)
> Pay me 20% more and give me a dedicated desk, and I'll go into the office.

why just a desk though? i want a dedicated office.

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