• In the past decade, many services have been created to reduce people’s exposure to other human beings, which people are willing to pay a premium for.
• Remote work shifts financial burdens that once fell on employers onto employees, yet employees don’t complain and even celebrate.
• This has caused a crisis with office space downtown and a deepening of America’s structural housing crisis.
• Remote workers are spending extra money on rent or mortgage for extra space, which is essentially a $12,000 haircut in their total annual compensation.
• People should think critically about what they’re giving up and what they’re now paying for themselves.
Published January 21, 2023
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