[mgrund]

Personally this is my biggest resistance to in-office work; if the commute was recognized as part of the working hours, I don’t care if I spend some of my workday on the road (although I might feel that time could be better spent, but my employer gets to make that tradeoff).

[Paul-Craft]

That was one of the reasons I chose my most recent employer to be a company that doesn't have an office within 2500 miles of where I live. There's no way they could reasonably demand that I come in to their office on more than an every few months basis. Incidentally, they're also pushing an RTO for people who live within 25 miles of their office -- unsurprising, since they just rented a brand new, 16000 square foot space a few months ago. I feel sorry for those who are averse to RTO and couldn't see it coming.

[ar_lan]

Are you ever concerned you might be an easy person to chop for layoffs? My employer is moving to full-time RTO and the rumor mill is that most people outside of that (similar, 25 mile) boundary will largely be in the first round of layoffs.

[Paul-Craft]

Well, I live in the Bay Area, so it's not like it'd be hard (relatively speaking -- I am aware of how truly insane the job market is right now) to get another remote or hybrid gig with a more local company.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[tomjakubowski]

I'd want to live a four hour walk from work. I wouldn't have to spend a minute in the office, I'd still get paid, and I'd be in great shape too