Curious is anyone’s firms paid for necessary work from home set up? I’m an associate (paid pennies) and feel a bit salty that I had to buy myself a desk and a chair. I’m working off a tiny laptop and I probably need a second monitor and a mouse, but I’m avoiding it because it’s another expense...

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Your firm will be able to provide you with a mouse and a second monitor

I suspect when you say “pennies” you actually mean “in the top quartile of US individual wage earners” but ok.

Seems like many firms have done a WFH stipend in the range of a few hundred dollars, but certainly not all. Your firm is not obligated to provide your WFH setup.

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