Your employer should actually pay you more to WFH.
Aside from saving them rent on the office space, you should be able to expense several office-supply things that they would have provided previously. Office chair and desk, internet bill (pro-rated by usage), maybe printer ink.
>Aside from saving them rent on the office space, you should be able to expense several office-supply things that they would have provided previously. Office chair and desk, internet bill (pro-rated by usage), maybe printer ink.
Let's not get carried away. Back then you were paying for your own transportation costs and your commute time. Which is more valuable? Commuting to work every day to enjoy free office supplies and coffee, or WFH but paying for your own chair and desk?
I'd take the latter any day of the week as the chair & desk is a one time cost anyway and lasts 10+ years.
aye, and the difference is the commute and its resources -- gas, new tires, oil changes, etc. -- ain't coming back.
meanwhile, i bought a standing desk and it's mine, and it'll go to my next house and next job.
they can drop ship me a laptop and docking station, and if they wanna be nice throw me a couple hundred as a "office stiped", which would be way cheaper than buying business grade furniture.
Which aside from office space if you feel you need to rent/buy a bigger place in an expensive area are utterly trivial for any decent white collar job and are almost certainly counterbalanced by commuting costs for the vast bulk of people who can't just walk/cycle to their jobs.
not really. Companies pay more in expensive cities where they locate offices because they need to attract local talent, and they have to compete against other companies. Many national companies have cost of living adjustments baked into their salary bands because of this.
Aside from saving them rent on the office space, you should be able to expense several office-supply things that they would have provided previously. Office chair and desk, internet bill (pro-rated by usage), maybe printer ink.