Ross: Working from home should get you a raise, not a pay cut
Jul 20, 2020, 7:59 AM | Updated: Jul 22, 2020, 8:36 am
A local physical therapist is seeing back, shoulder, and neck problems in people who have been working from home, due to working in the wrong positions and not moving around enough. (Pexels)
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I have now been working from home for close to four months, and it’s been great.
Instead of going downtown, I jump into my commute slippers and go downstairs … although sometimes, the stairs are down to one lane due to laundry on the bannister. Oh, and here’s an overturned pile of mail in the hallway – a couple of catalogs didn’t make the curve. And there’s a looky-loo slowdown at the kitchen due to a box of doughnuts, which may be the reason I’m still having trouble dealing with my personal zipper merge.
But except for that one Thursday where I didn’t found out until 5 p.m. that it was Wednesday, I seem to be coping.
That brings me to the big question going around: Some companies are now offering workers the option of working from home permanently in exchange for a pay cut.
Which is weird, right? Let’s think about this: You’re not using the company’s desk, their computer, or their phones, and you’re not taking up expensive office space. Plus, you’re just as available, and sometimes even more available, because you literally live at the office!
If anything, they should be paying you more for that!
Also, you’re reversing climate change, we can save on highway expansion, and plumbers, truckers, the fire department, and Amazon drivers will never again be stuck in traffic. We should get a raise and a tax refund. Starting … today. Assuming this is today.
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