Companies should really be forced to pay for the commuting time, if the demand RTO.
this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2025
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I’ve been fully WFH since 2018 and if someone wants me in an office they’ll need to pay me for my commute and for a cleaning service who cleans during the day and for a cook who can have dinner ready when I get home and for a nanny to handle running the kids to appointments.
And I’ll still be looking for a WFH job the whole time I’m there.
Right there with you, as a tech consultant, I only take assignments that are WFH.
I've seen a crazy amount of cars on the roads lately. That RTO mandate is really screwing things up.
Take public transit if you can, people!
Yeah, blame the people commuting
I can't read this article because it's paywalled, but the headline said 9% longer.
That's such a massive underestimate it's ridiculous.
My total commute minutes went from 150 per week to 350. When full RTO started.
That's a 133% increase in commute time.
That's a win from the city's perspective, and the corporations too. They profit immensely from commuting and being on-site.
Once the Link 2 downtown bridge opens, it should be a lot easier for those at Microsoft to get in and out of the city and decrease personal automobile commuting.