1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Hasn't worked from home become funny? Ah? Seek have produced 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: a thing called money Matters and they look at work 3 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: life balance. Actually, hasn't that become funny as well? Work 4 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: life balance? I can't place it exactly, but it seems 5 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: a covid thing. The world changed, So did we working 6 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: hard as so last year now or so last decade? 7 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: We all long for, apparently work life balance with a 8 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: good sprinkling of mental health days. But working from home 9 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: is a scam because, according to Money Matters, if you've 10 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: got to pay rise, you'd go back to the office 11 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: quick as you like. So is it about work life 12 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: balance or is it really about the money? You see, 13 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,879 Speaker 1: everything's about money. If you're honest, we just like to 14 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 1: pretend it isn't. You feel more virtuous if you pretend 15 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: it isn't. Ah, But money Matter spills the truth. Working 16 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: from home is easier, We save on the commute. You 17 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: can claim that, well you're more productive, blah blah blah, 18 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: And then suddenly someone goes, well how about twenty percent more? 19 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: Oh cool, I'm out of here quick as you like. 20 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 1: We would work more hours for more money. We would 21 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: take on an increased workload for more money. We would 22 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: commute further for more money. There isn't much we wouldn't 23 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: do for more mone. The work from home thing, by 24 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: the way, is funny because before COVID, there was virtually 25 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: no such thing. Of course, the idea that you could 26 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: invent a thing and then having invented it because I 27 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: mean we're all locked down so that we had no choice, 28 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: and then turn it into a permanent thing that could 29 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: only be broken by a pay rise is the ultimate 30 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: and face. It's an insight into how quickly a habit 31 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: can form if it suits you. Anyway. The only other 32 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: thing that can make us blow up our precious work 33 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: life balance is more time off. But it still doesn't 34 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: beat money. It's why Lotto it's popular. I guess money 35 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: solves everything. So the conclusion from money matters. Do we 36 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 1: value work life balance? My word? We do? But do 37 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 1: we value it more than money? Don't make me laugh. 38 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 39 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 1: news talks. It'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 40 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.