Telecommuting - transformative
Telecommuting - transformative
One of the most transformative events I have experienced in my working career is telecommuting.
I am not referring to 'getting to work from home a day or two a week' that many get to experience. I am referring to my current situation, where my Employer allows us to telecommute 100%.
We only go into the office, on average, 1 day a month, for 'all hands' meetings. Huge perk. Hugely transformative.
If I try to put a financial number on it, I would say 100% telecommuting is worth, at minimum, US$1,250/month to me, and more likely, if I really try to sit down and factor it, US$1,500/month
US$1000/month, right off the bat, is the money not needed to have my kids in after-school programs, where they would stay till I was home from work, to watch them.
US$250/month is in fuel costs for my car, that I don't currently have to use, since I do not have to drive to work every day. Also, I can safely have an old beater as my car, because it only gets driven a few thousand miles a year now. A 1/2 tank of fuel lasts a month. Car insurance is lower, too.
Things that are hard to put a dollar figure on, but are definite attributes, are:
I am always home. So kids have a safe haven. I am always home, so neighborhood watch is me I can always photograph, report, try to keep crime away Lower stress, because I am not driving in traffic every day More hours per day available to work Since I probably save 90min/day by not driving, I usually always work a 9hr/day, happily, willingly as 'thank you' back to my Employer, for getting to 100% telecommute
EDIT 2022-05-15 Still have a 100% telecommute job. Wow, seven years so far. *huzzah!*