Working remotely doesn't have to mean working from home. You could be working from a rented office or shared office space, friends, a hotel and so on.
What's great is the flexibility and customization for each individual employee.
What's great is the flexibility and customization for each individual employee.
For many remote work involves less take home pay.
An example from my own circumstances, I was paying $1800/month for a 1 bedroom in Toronto but now for a little bit less I have a 3 bedroom house with a small yard.
I am reaping the $200/month transit pass that I no longer need. As a Canadian I'm able to ask my employer for a T2200 to write some of my expenses off even as an employee.
I'm also saving ~5 hours a week in less commute time.
I'm still socializing with those coworkers in our daily water coolers, weekly syncs, Monday & Friday fireside chat.
A nice chair, a desk, a monitor. (Not that I have space for a nice chair at home!)
But an office? No way.
Perhaps it's because renting an office costs similar to renting a flat where I live (even though you get less space when renting an office).
I have had positive signals towards paying for a desk in a shared workspace... But wait, aren't we working at home to avoid sharing workspaces at the moment?
I personally want more free WFH gear, but I think our execs are clever. "Oh, you don't have a desk? Nobody is in the office, so we can give you a socially-distanced 15x15' space for free if you drive in."