[jamesmadison66]

what isn't discussed though is companies offloading many of the operating costs onto employees, and whether that is covered. It's a great tradeoff, but worth being aware of it and asking for coverage:

- increased electricity costs

- increased wear-and-tear of your home

- increased housing expenses (requirement for a 'office' space in your house)

- infosec vulnerabilities: home networked and physical environments now become vectors into a company, are you being compensated and covered for the risk

- business DR planning: a DR plan becomes much more complex, although perhaps better-hedged, with remote work.

etc.

This already became a bit of a thing when personal phones became a requirement for work, and companies to be fair did adjust fire w/ provide work smart phones.

[lm28469]

> many of the operating costs onto employees, and whether that is covered.

Asking your company to pay your electricity cost and house wear and tear would be like a commuter asking them to pay for your shoes and clothes due to "wear and tear".

The last 2 points are valid though.

[jamesmadison66]

Disagree, shoes/clothes costs are not at all compatible with the costs associated with physical location of work costs.

Accounting departments spend a great deal of focus on fixed asset depreciation for tax purposes, and general office planning. Eventually, work places move to new buildings- office buildings get old and in disrepair from use.

These costs that a company accepts as part of doing business get offloaded to the remote employee. It's most certainly a planning factor doing business- check out a SEC form for instance.

With remote work, that cost gets offloaded to an employee. You won't see the impact on your house for a long time, but unless companies are subsidizing you to afford a bigger home to account for additional office space needed, that wear and tear from use, that asset deprecation as a result of work use, comes into your actual home.

So the question should be along the lines of:

- where is your fixed asset depreciation as a part of doing business for your taxes? Are you filing it? Your company certainly is.

or

- are the remote work benefits enough for having to accept this cost without financial augmentation

or

-are you getting paid enough extra to cover this.

Odds are most workers who work remote won't/don't consider this, but your company certainly is for its own workplace, why not you? You've leased out part of your home for your company's workspace essentially, but done so free of charge.