xabrol t1_j9xotlo wrote on February 25, 2023 at 8:39 AM

Reply to comment by Pontiac_Pilate in Free coworking space? by ploymahloy

My company doesnt have a physical location at all. Every single employee, even the ceo, is Remote, in 5 tomezones. Our company is pure revenue and has $0 debt. Its byod (bring your own devices). The company only pays salaries/benefits, theres no rent, no leases, no debt.

We're basically a union of software developers that staff augment other companies remotely.

This is becoming more common.

DefaultSubsAreTerrib t1_j9yj3ic wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:38 PM

Hopefully they increase your pay accordingly, since you are expected to provide equipment and space for work.

xabrol t1_j9ykp16 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:50 PM

Well, I save $800+ a month not paying for gas, tolls, and lunch, so its not really a big deal to me. I already had my own equipment anyways. I work and game on the same PC.

fusion260 t1_j9ylvpe wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:59 PM

Woof at the thought that there are still people out there that spend $500+/mo. just to get to/from work for their employer. That’s multiple utility bills!

xabrol t1_j9yr1fh wrote on February 25, 2023 at 3:37 PM

Yeah, but I save $1000+ on my mortgage living where I do. That's why I ysed to commute. So wfh now where I live is amazing. $80/h darn near, $1460 mortgage, 2500sqft house in a culdesac, no hoa.

Not RVA though, Im near Winchester.

DefaultSubsAreTerrib t1_j9yto31 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 3:55 PM

I also work from home and own my own computer, but I expect my employer to buy my work equipment. I'm not installing their software on my machine. They pay my internet connection and phone too. (Edit: they pay for my work phone, specifically).

I don't expect them to pay for my workspace because they offer a workspace and I decline to use it. But if they didn't offer one at all I would expect more money.

xabrol t1_j9z040w wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:39 PM

I don't install any of their software on my pc. Zoom, slack, discord, vscode, visual studio. All stuff I had anyways. Also no vpn. All company stuff is online in the cloud. Office 365, SharePoint online, github, Azure, aws, etc. Shoot even some of our ide environmets are online now via browsers.

And all the dev environments are docker containers.

My salary is 50% higher than my previous salary so im quite happy.