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Two counter points:

1) I want to be paid _more_ if I'm working from home. My employer doesn't have a right to use my personal property (my home, my energy, my coffee, etc.) without additional compensation.

2) Driving up compensation regardless of location is a great way to incentivize monopolistic behavior (e.g. FAANG) over the talent market while making it more difficult for new / smaller orgs to compete for talent.

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OTOH, your employer used to compensate you for using your car, your gas, your time to commute. Now they know you are not doing that. I would be surprised if the average FAANG car commuter spent more at home than commuting.

My feeling is that things should be left the same, but I think your POV is definitely valid. The _space_ at home becomes a problem especially for those in expensive cities and lower compensations. Affording an extra bedroom is not always possible.

Exactly, I live in the Bay area and now that my wife and I work from home our previously totally adequate 1 bdrm is now too small to work comfortably. Particularly when we are both on calls. Getting another bedroom for an office is going to be $10000/yr after tax, don't see my work paying for that. If I was 100% remote I could move somewhere cheaper but I can't since I have to go in occasionally (scientist in the lab).

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