• Chef_Boyardee@lemm.ee
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    15 hours ago

    I can only imagine. Can you image working in construction? No break room. Nowhere to sit for lunch. Eight porta potties for two hundred workers, sitting in the direct sun on a code red day. Dude that cleans them is puking.

    When I got higher up, and got access to an entire building, I’d find an empty floor and use those bathrooms. Pure luxury.

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      15 hours ago

      It really is. After 11 years of remote work I would never go back to an office. I also understand we can’t all work remote. I was an automotive and industrial painter for most of my pre-IT career and that would have been rather difficult to do over the internet :p

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    And access to my own stove and fridge when I declare lunchtime results in the best lunches I’ve ever had, be it steak, 500g of bacon, or just an egg.

    And getting to arbitrarily declare lunchtime…

  • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    19 hours ago

    I like having access to my kitchen for lunch. Im less tempted to go out to eat when i can make something tasty and usually better than fast food

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    19 hours ago

    Yes and I can use it as often as I want without guilt.

    That and I can play music and videos with bothering anyone as background noise.

    Actually the best benefit is being able to hang around my cat.

    And husband, it’s nice to see him too I guess.

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    19 hours ago

    The toilets in my office are maintained by dedicated staff. The ones in my home are occasionally paid attention to by distracted volunteers.

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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    20 hours ago

    I mean im not the type like my wife who will hold it to not use an outside toilet but I have to agree. I would say access to your fridge is equally useful though. Its just way more convenient overall. Sill not having the commute is tops. I generally had to give myself an hour on leaving to make sure I would arrive ontime and for whatever reason traffic always seems worse in the evening. So like 10 hours incinerated with travel per week. Then like the additional getting ready is like 30mins so thats another 2.5 and that fridge thing means you can eat without going out but you don’t have to pack a lunch. going to give that another .5. All the incidentals from walking my dog to being able to catch a 30min show at lunch im going to say its worth at least 2 more. Its easy to see its worth 25% on the low side and 30% on the high side (with the caveat that a job is useless if it can’t meet your bills).