The results echo a similar survey carried out a little over a week before that found 65% of workers were willing to take a 5% pay cut in exchange for the option to work remotely full time. Fifteen percent said they would go even further, taking a pay cut as drastic as 25% in return for the option to work from home, according to the survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted by Breeze, a disability insurance company, and online survey platform Pollfish. But it’s one thing to tell an online poll you’d take a pay cut, and quite another to face the reality of a smaller paycheck, as is reportedly the case for Google employees. Workers at the California-based Internet giant are being told they will have to accept reductions of their salary up to 25%, depending on the cost of living in their area, if they choose to work from home, according to a report by Reuters. Have a question, comment, or story to share? You can reach Diccon at dhyatt@thebalance.com.
