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by stevenAthompson 620 days ago
You're completely right. If a job expects 8 hours a day, plus an hour of prep time every morning and two hours worth of commute then they actually want 11 hours a day. They also need to pay for the fuel, clothing, food and other incidental costs that commute entails.

In office jobs should pay at least 30% more than WFH jobs to even be competitive.
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jedberg 620 days ago
FWIW, in a lot of cases Amazon (and Google and Meta and all of those top tier companies requiring RTO) do in fact pay at least 30% more. And in the case of Google and Meta, they provide food and other things too.

People are really upset at Amazon because the office doesn't provide anything more than what they can get at home (and in a lot of cases provides less). At least at the others you can get some extra stuff you can't get at home.

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earnesti 620 days ago
Office jobs paying 30% more on average sounds believable.
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