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[lkbm]

Companies might also realize that now that they've figured out how to work remote, they should keep doing that and save ten grand or so a month. I believe the smallest offices in the WeWork we're housed in are $6k/mo. Those are generally used by teams of 3-6 people.

[wool_gather → lkbm]

Employees are not universally going to just eat the costs of working from home (or from shared spaces) on behalf of their employers, though. If this becomes a more regular situation, employer subsidies for remote essentials will be expected features of jobs even more than they are now, i.e., not just perks.

The monthly bills for 100 remote workers is easily 10K -- their internet connections alone would probably hit that. A single person renting a desk at a co-working space is going to spend a few hundred a year.

[londons_explore → wool_gather]

I see employers just requiring you to have a workspace at home.

> Your crappy internet keeps cutting out? Not our problem. Poor work performance. You're fired.

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Would an employer with that kind of attitude even be trusting enough to let people to work from home in the first place?

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Absolutely. Easy way to shift blame and then trim the fat.

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Same thing happens today if you are a wage worker and your car breaks down and miss a shift with an unsympathetic boss.

[lkbm → wool_gather]

Right, but the monthly bill for 100 non-remote workers at WeWork is 5-10 times that just for the space. As I said, their smallest offices (~6 person -- maybe 10 if you really crowd) are $6k/mo.