Oil is spiking with the Iran situation and gas is climbing. For anyone commuting 50 miles each way, that’s 500 miles a week. At 20 MPG, that’s about 25 gallons every week just driving in circles to get to the office.
When gas pushes toward $5, that’s $125 a week, or over $6,000 a year out of pocket just for fuel.
That’s not insignificant… That’s a real ongoing hit to employees for work we’ve already proven can be done from home.
Even energy agencies have said remote work is one of the easiest ways to reduce demand during spikes like this. Instead, we’re doing the opposite and forcing more consumption and more cost onto employees for absolutely no reason.
At minimum, this should trigger a shift back to hybrid or temporary flexibility until prices stabilize. Forcing five days through this just doesn’t make sense. If they want pointless 5 days they should pay for our gas.