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Working from home saves me thousands
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money.cnn.com
- Mar 18, 2013
NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
One telecommuter saw his gas bill shoot up $300 a month. Another quit because she would have been forced to shell out thousands of dollars a year for child care.
Americans who work from home prize their work-life arrangements. Witness the firestorm Yahoo (YHOO, Fortune 500) CEO Marissa Mayer sparked last month when she said her employees could no longer work from home.
The issue resonates -- and in no small part because of the money at stake.
Dan, who asked to remain anonymous, used to work from home. But when his company stopped letting him telecommute last year, he had to start driving 30 miles back and forth to work in his gas-guzzling 1985 Ford Bronco each day. Additional cost: around $300 per month in gas.
"That was our whole grocery bill for a month," he said.
Plus, he had already invested at least $2,000 to set up a home office.
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