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Those issues you described can be resolved with $300 in retail purchases: noise canceling headphones, a wifi router, and an Ikea style desk. Add $100 for a dece

Those issues you described can be resolved with $300 in retail purchases: noise canceling headphones, a wifi router, and an Ikea style desk. Add $100 for a decent office chair. It is not an unreasonable amount of money in most of the USA.

JadeNB 6y ago
"Not an unreasonable amount" various heavily, not just from location to location, but from person to person and circumstance to circumstance. With all the other barriers to employment in skilled disciplines, should it now be a requirement for employment that you have enough liquid cash to pay for setting up your own office?
- jachee 6y ago
  > should it now be a requirement for employment that you have enough liquid cash to pay for setting up your own office? Any firm worth working for will have this as either a stipend, or otherwise handled as part of hiring remote workers. Any one that doesn't make it easy and cheap to be comfortable and productive remotely will miss out on talent because of that.
  - Apocryphon 6y ago
    Not to mention, it's tax deductible.
  - nogabebop23 6y ago
    >> Any firm worth working for will have this as either a stipend, or otherwise handled as part of hiring remote workers. This is just not true. I have never worked for a colocated company that pays for you to set up your home office. Most do not hire remote works either so there is no predefined (and budgeted) setup We'll also see if in the face of double-digit unemployment (don't think that's going to resolve itself the minute we get back to work) companies that don't have these discretionary benefits loose out on talent...
    - jachee 6y ago
      Just because a position is filled, that doesn't necessarily mean it's filled by the most-talented person. It's entirely possible to lose out on remote talent by skimping on the remote experience, while still "successfully" filling the position.
- foogazi 6y ago
  That’s like a carpenter showing up for work without tools Is it really impossible to invest in the tools of your trade?

JadeNB 6y ago

"Not an unreasonable amount" various heavily, not just from location to location, but from person to person and circumstance to circumstance. With all the other barriers to employment in skilled disciplines, should it now be a requirement for employment that you have enough liquid cash to pay for setting up your own office?

jachee 6y ago
> should it now be a requirement for employment that you have enough liquid cash to pay for setting up your own office? Any firm worth working for will have this as either a stipend, or otherwise handled as part of hiring remote workers. Any one that doesn't make it easy and cheap to be comfortable and productive remotely will miss out on talent because of that.
- Apocryphon 6y ago
  Not to mention, it's tax deductible.
- nogabebop23 6y ago
  >> Any firm worth working for will have this as either a stipend, or otherwise handled as part of hiring remote workers. This is just not true. I have never worked for a colocated company that pays for you to set up your home office. Most do not hire remote works either so there is no predefined (and budgeted) setup We'll also see if in the face of double-digit unemployment (don't think that's going to resolve itself the minute we get back to work) companies that don't have these discretionary benefits loose out on talent...
  - jachee 6y ago
    Just because a position is filled, that doesn't necessarily mean it's filled by the most-talented person. It's entirely possible to lose out on remote talent by skimping on the remote experience, while still "successfully" filling the position.
foogazi 6y ago
That’s like a carpenter showing up for work without tools Is it really impossible to invest in the tools of your trade?