What would you have to get paid to be willing to go back to an office full time? My company wants to make everyone be in-office by the end of March (honestly, why?!) and I don't think the pay is good enough to justify that and lose remote lol

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There is no amount of money I would accept to go into the office. At least in IT there is no reason to ever be in an office. The old concept of a cube farm no longer works.

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I don't actually _hate_ the idea of being in an office, but for me it's the hours of not commuting each week that are kind of priceless. I live in a pretty rural area, so remote work also opens up way more potential employers for me, e.g. my current employer is a full day's drive away (never been to their office).

Seems like a good time to dust off your CV and see if there are any good opportunities available to you.

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I'm not sure I could ever go back into an office full-time. Hybrid is a bit more reasonable in my opinion

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My company is making it a condition of employment, so o guess I do have a number for now.

I calculated it awhile back. Commute time + cost alone was $50,000 more at my current rate to travel into the city. It would have to big a significant jump from that even to make me even consider it. I'd definitely have to hire someone to help me clean, or use laundry service as I'd be losing another 3 1/2-4 hours of my day in commute time.

Unless they're willing to count commute hours as hours worked I look at it as overtime which is time and a half. So I take the travel time on an annual basis, multiply by time and a half and add 25k for my mental health suffering on top of minimum salary requirements

You'll end up finding out that no one pays enough

I would say nothing. I do enjoy working from home with my dogs and constant snacks… but I was also far more active and connected better to my coworkers when I was in office. I think some of us have adjusted to working from home and have anxiety about going back.

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