Yes this was my thinking. And in fact the salary reflects where in our country the role is so you could argue that the cost of commuting is baked in. Certainly in London it’s called “London weighting” where extra money is added to your salary.
Still, the original Op seems to in Belgium/NL so good result for him/her
That’s a really interesting insight, thanks. We just get so used to the norm that we know.
5 day is brutal, my friend in the city (London’s finance sector) has this and it’s therefore more restrictive than it ever was before covid.
He has something like a day a month where he can elect in advance to WFH for specific reasons.
It creates scenarios where a friend in the US drives 40 minutes just to swipe his card/ go have breakfast and then heads home again
Which country are you in where you get to expense the commute to your designated office?
I’m in the UK and have never heard of this. Sure, if you’re a home worker but that’s not who RTO is targeted at. Or if you’re asked to travel to a non-designate site, client site etc
Having just been made redundant this week after 15 years this is so true.
I managed it very well, very rarely having committed more than my allotted hours each week but I know for many they would have to have been very disciplined to achieve this.
I leave with no malice or ill feeling as a result. I’d hate to think how I’d feel otherwise
Good reminder, my domain is up soon and I need to do the same.
Mullvad really does sound like the only option if you’re 100% committed to this.
I’m using Proton as i hear it comes a close 2nd, is alot cheaper and what I’m hiding isn’t massively sensitive
Yes sorry, I meant City of London I. E. the finance/banking area. But even then it’s not strictly correct as alot of that industry are ou at Canary Wharf.
It is yes another silly situation the UK has got itself into!!!