Takeaways:

• Workers are willingly taking hefty pay cuts just to keep working from home, which is wild!
• Research shows that tech workers are ready to chop their salaries by 25% for remote work.
• COVID-19 taught us that work-life balance is more valuable than a paycheck.
• We're starting to recognize the hidden costs of commuting and office life—it's not just about money!
• People are now explicitly choosing how much their time is worth, and it's about time!
• Have you ever thought about what your job really costs you? The answer might surprise you!

Links referenced in this episode:

• jamesabrown.net

Companies mentioned in this episode:

• Harvard
• Brown
• UCLA

This is the Daily Note.

I'm James A.

Brown.

Workers are taking substantial pay cuts to avoid the office.

Researchers at Harvard, Brown and UCLA found that tech workers are choosing less for remote work, in some cases chopping off a quarter of their salaries.

And I get it.

We were taught to pay for our work, and Covid made this clear.

We finally begin to calculate it.

And we're not forgetting all that time we spent at home.

Now all who can are deciding explicitly what we decided implicitly.

How much time is this job worth?

So what do you think?

What's the real cost of going to work?

I bet it never shows up on your pay stub.

On that note, I'm James A.

Brown, and as always, be well.