Somewhat related: I wonder how many companies are seeing profit increase because of reduced costs associated with on-site workers? I wonder if the increase in costs as folks return to the office is being factored in their stock prices?
Conversely in Amazon's case, they finished building multiple huge buildings in downtown Seattle right before COVID-19, which have been mostly empty since March 2020.
Some of those buildings were built for them and they would just be leasing them. They already backed out of their Ranier Square lease (the new skyscraper in Seattle that looks like a bunch of steps).
Those maintenance and utility costs are then passed on to the employee and reduce the take home pay, which is frustrating to workers.
There’s also more uncompensated time spent on duties a janitor, office manager or IT person would perform, like unloading the dishwasher, preparing coffee or being on the phone with an ISP during an internet outage.
Might want to consider moving if your internet connection is bad enough to result in material time being spent getting it fixed. And maybe drink less coffee if there is material time being spent on making it and rinsing the cup and putting it in the dishwasher.
