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What? They save on office space. They don’t have to rent the employees home office or bedroom. Then they lose a little on administrative overhead. It seems like a net win for the employer compared to in-office.

One can always complain that raising wages or anything else that benefits the employee directly will just make them fire you because the “small businesses” can’t afford it. But now we’re talking about some small administrative overhead in exchange for not having to provide office space, so this seems even less relevant.




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