Employers offering remote and hybrid work options hire new talent more quickly than companies making employees to return to the office.
  • mercano@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2221·
    2 years ago

    At least. If you work an 8 hour day, a 0.5 hour commute each way adds an extra 12.5% to work time commitment each day, and it’s considered unpaid time.

        • Nioxic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          87·
          2 years ago

          That depends a LOT on the car.

          A small suzuki would be a hell of a lot cheaper than a BMW 7 series… (not in the price tag, but… running costs)

      • Anemervi@lemmy.world
        31·
        2 years ago
        • You might need to buy additional food
        • Wear and tear of work attire
        • Might need to pay extra for someone to watch pet/child

        Also there are additional costs of time

        • Extra time shaving or similar (if you know you are staying home some things can be delayed a bit)
        • Possibly extra time to prepare food
        • Traffic/weather delays
        • Extra effort for small things easily manage while at home e.g accepting deliveries, watching pets or opening for maintenance workers

        That’s of the top of my head, so 1 hour lost per day is a low estimate.

      • MissJinx@lemmy.worldBanned from community
        6·
        2 years ago

        Yeah, for me WFH is a lot more than 8% raise. It’s a lot cheaper. We were paying to work and didn’t even realized it

      • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        2 years ago

        And for many, half an hour primping in order to be seen in public. I guess if you’re still in vid convos that somewhat still applies, but for others, now you can lay around in your underwear and stink and still get work done.

        • DAVENP0RT@lemmy.world
          13·
          2 years ago

          My wife was talking about this recently. She used to wake up at 5:30AM everyday, take a shower, blowdry her hair and style it, put on makeup, and prep her lunch by 7AM. Then she’d set out on her 1.5 hour commute to the office.

          Once we started working from home, all of that extra time went to sleeping well and relaxing.

        • Hot Saucerman@lemmy.mlBannedEnglish
          5·
          2 years ago

          If you have complicated health problems that can increase the amount of time done “primping” as well. I generally have to be awake three to four hours before I have to be anywhere and it’s a fucking nightmare.

      • KzadBhat@feddit.de
        8·
        2 years ago

        The traveling time I’m saving by working from home, is directly reinvested into having a walk with the lady and the dogs, including sitting on a bench in the sunshine including a coffee, and if the mood is right, we’re staying for my first meeting at 10:00, …

        Money can’t buy this, …

      • ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
        7·
        2 years ago

        I went from commuting 1-3 hours a day to zero commute. It is unbelievable how much of a quality of life improvement it is.

        I am grateful I worked in a couple offices before switching to fully remote for my next few jobs, because it showed me how much better remote working is for me.

      • Astroturfed@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 years ago

        It’s not just the commute even, my “morning routine” is maybe 10 minutes if I’m not going into the office, 30+ if I am. Need to make myself “presentable”, pack some food, make a to go coffee. When I’m able to just snack and make coffee during downtime waiting for replies etc at the office it’s so much easier, I get another hour of sleep if I need it…