'Talent doesn't have a radius' | Employee takes £28k pay cut to continue working remotely

A worker has revealed they took a huge pay cut to continue working remotely when their employer enforced new office rules.

Speaking to Business Insider, the employee named Jay, whose age was vaguely described as an ‘elder millennial’ explained that during the pandemic, he’d been working remotely for a Government agency in the U.S.

When his employer’s office decided to reopen, he was given the option to continue working from home under one major condition – he had to live within a two-hour radius of the office.

He explained to Business Insider: As things began opening up and it was determined that we'd be full-time telework, they were not going to get rid of the two-hour rule.”