As Apple postpones office return, workers say they value flexibility over money

Some tech firms want workers back at their desks, but expectations have shifted.

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Calculate time to commute from home to office, add fuel, add car payments; add insurance; taking the pay-cut makes sense.

I don't think that's accurate. You're losing money, but reducing your expenditures. End result is you may be taking a smaller pay cut than intended. However, that's still a pay cut.

I'd propose an alternative. Let me work from home, and don't give me a raise for one year. Let work from home, and the savings from that, be my raise. Totally worth it, and in certain circumstances, doing that could be a bigger raise than what I would've been expecting anyways.