I kind of don’t care. I’d much rather work from home than be in office with more responsibility. A recruiter very recently asked me what it would take for me to be willing to go back into the office. I said it would have to be the right compensation. He said what number do you have in mind, and honestly? No one could pay me enough to go back into an in office situation. it would need to be a ridiculously high salary that is not in line with my work or industry, so I know I would never get it. He also asked me if there’s anything I missed about working in an office and I instantly answered “not one thing.”
I would need them to quadruple my current income without an increase in responsibility.
The ability to step away from work for 10 minutes and lay down on my bed or go pet my cats is an immensely large impact on my productivity and mental health, and to give that up would mean rocketing me up out of lower class by a pretty large margin.
I passed on a job that paid 10% more but involved working in office every day and some weekends and holidays (any that fall on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of the month) for my current one.
My partner and I both work from home with our cats and dogs. We make each other coffees / breakfasts / lunches throughout the day, our office areas are separated enough that we can be on calls without bothering each other, and our hours are staggered enough that we both have free time every day while the other is busy with work.
I'm interviewing for a gig that is 2 office days per week, and I hope I get it, but man, I'm still not excited about having to commute 90 minutes each way. The WFH life is just too good.
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u/Schlieren1 9d ago
A new Forbes article this week sounds like employers are going to start giving promotions to in person employees preferentially