re: #205 🌹UOJB!

Before I started teleworking at home my electric bill from the Los Angeles DWP was $70/month. But now it’s averaged $195 since last March because of the heating & air conditioning. When the air conditioner starts up in my main room the power meter goes into overdrive even when I set it to 85 degrees.

with the necessity of work-from-home, it’s become apparent that it is not simply sitting people in a different chair. a whole lot of incidental and semi-hidden costs have fallen on workers that used to be paid by their employers

dedicated space to work, electric, heat/ac, supplies, computers and adequate broadband, telephones and on and on

meanwhile a lot of those costs have gone down at the office. sure rent is stuck for now, and some electric, though i’d guess less. but supplies, phone, and a host of other things have dropped to near zero for those at home employees. (eta - i.e. that those companies used to pay for when people came to ‘the office’)

i cant say how many employers have seen this and picked up the ball by either increasing salaries or reimbursing those expenses.

for those who aren’t, well, you just got a pay cut that’s going right to the corporate bottom line