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[–] mercano@lemmy.world 221 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At least. If you work an 8 hour day, a 0.5 hour commute each way adds an extra 12.5% to work time commitment each day, and it’s considered unpaid time.

[–] whatisallthis@lemm.ee 124 points 1 year ago (4 children)

And your gas and car wear and tear

[–] messem10@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, the IRS estimates that it is $0.655/mi in wear and tear on one’s car via the 2023 Mileage Rate.

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That depends a LOT on the car.

A small suzuki would be a hell of a lot cheaper than a BMW 7 series.. (not in the price tag, but.. running costs)

[–] messem10@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sure, but that is the rate that the IRS has come up with as an estimate/reimbursement amount.

[–] Random_user@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

A mile of city traffic is tremendously different than a mile of rural driving.

[–] Anemervi@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

You might need to buy additional food
Wear and tear of work attire
Might need to pay extra for someone to watch pet/child

Also there are additional costs of time

Extra time shaving or similar (if you know you are staying home some things can be delayed a bit)
Possibly extra time to prepare food
Traffic/weather delays
Extra effort for small things easily manage while at home e.g accepting deliveries, watching pets or opening for maintenance workers

That's of the top of my head, so 1 hour lost per day is a low estimate.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, for me WFH is a lot more than 8% raise. It's a lot cheaper. We were paying to work and didn't even realized it

[–] cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Also your spine, tailbone, piriformis, hamstrings, and psoas muscles. Cars are bad for your back.

[–] Misconduct@startrek.website 70 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I couldn't believe how much more time it felt like I had in the day just cutting out the short work commute. You don't really realize the extent of how much time you waste going into work until it's gone. Even a short commute adds up quick when you include all the time to get ready in the morning and decompress at night. Plus all the extra maintenance on a daily driver and gas... Companies making people go into the office when it's not even necessary are just power hungry morons. That's all there is to it.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 50 points 1 year ago

Yup. I have meetings at 8AM. If I had to do them in the office, I'll have to be up at 6AM to get ready and leave to be able to get to the office in time. If I do it at home, I wake up at 7:50, which gives me almost 2 hours of extra sleep.

If I leave the office at 5PM, I'll get home around 6PM. At home, I can log off as soon as the clock strikes 5, and now I have an extra hour of time to do whatever.

That adds up to around 3 hours a day that I save from not commuting to an office.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And for many, half an hour primping in order to be seen in public. I guess if you're still in vid convos that somewhat still applies, but for others, now you can lay around in your underwear and stink and still get work done.

[–] DAVENP0RT@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My wife was talking about this recently. She used to wake up at 5:30AM everyday, take a shower, blowdry her hair and style it, put on makeup, and prep her lunch by 7AM. Then she'd set out on her 1.5 hour commute to the office.

Once we started working from home, all of that extra time went to sleeping well and relaxing.

[–] digitalgadget@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

3 hours a day of unpaid time just to get ready for work.... we were far overdue for a shift in the system.

[–] Misconduct@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

Working from home made me decide that I will never wear uncomfortable clothes again. I've seen the other side I will never go back

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

If you have complicated health problems that can increase the amount of time done "primping" as well. I generally have to be awake three to four hours before I have to be anywhere and it's a fucking nightmare.

[–] KzadBhat@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The traveling time I'm saving by working from home, is directly reinvested into having a walk with the lady and the dogs, including sitting on a bench in the sunshine including a coffee, and if the mood is right, we're staying for my first meeting at 10:00, ...

Money can't buy this, ...

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry to hear about your troubles :-(

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I went from commuting 1-3 hours a day to zero commute. It is unbelievable how much of a quality of life improvement it is.

I am grateful I worked in a couple offices before switching to fully remote for my next few jobs, because it showed me how much better remote working is for me.

[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's not just the commute even, my "morning routine" is maybe 10 minutes if I'm not going into the office, 30+ if I am. Need to make myself "presentable", pack some food, make a to go coffee. When I'm able to just snack and make coffee during downtime waiting for replies etc at the office it's so much easier, I get another hour of sleep if I need it...