<story><title>Apple employees criticize work-from-home policy in open letter</title><url>https://www.engadget.com/apple-criticized-by-employees-over-working-from-home-policy-in-open-letter-123027735.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>post_break</author><text>The time theft of traffic, costs of fuel and wear and tear on your car, the cost of lunch if you don&amp;#x27;t pack a lunch. It all adds up when having to go back to the office. I hate that we had to return to the office because it was like getting a big pay cut. Even the 3 day a week thing, it&amp;#x27;s like what&amp;#x27;s the point? We can work from home obviously, what more does going in 3 times a week accomplish other than punish you, showing you how much it sucks to go to the office. All it really feels like is punishment forcing you to be under some managers thumb.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jsiepkes</author><text>&amp;gt; The time theft of traffic, costs of fuel and wear and tear on your car, the cost of lunch if you don&amp;#x27;t pack a lunch.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m all for remote work but calling it &amp;quot;time theft&amp;quot; feels a bit weird.&lt;p&gt;You knew these things were a requirement when you signed your contract, right? If you didn&amp;#x27;t want these things then why didn&amp;#x27;t you either made a point of them in contract negotiations or simply went to a company that allowed remote work from the start?</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple employees criticize work-from-home policy in open letter</title><url>https://www.engadget.com/apple-criticized-by-employees-over-working-from-home-policy-in-open-letter-123027735.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>post_break</author><text>The time theft of traffic, costs of fuel and wear and tear on your car, the cost of lunch if you don&amp;#x27;t pack a lunch. It all adds up when having to go back to the office. I hate that we had to return to the office because it was like getting a big pay cut. Even the 3 day a week thing, it&amp;#x27;s like what&amp;#x27;s the point? We can work from home obviously, what more does going in 3 times a week accomplish other than punish you, showing you how much it sucks to go to the office. All it really feels like is punishment forcing you to be under some managers thumb.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>randomsearch</author><text>Fair point for some people.&lt;p&gt;Something I don’t see on HN is how the ideal wfh works for people who can’t afford a study. What if you live with your parents and share with a sibling?&lt;p&gt;This might not be the case for established six figure programmers in the states. But there are lots of people with less money who might value having a separate space to work.&lt;p&gt;Might even be the silent majority outside of highly paid developers.</text></comment>