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Thoughts on 5 days in office and what salary you'd require for that switch?

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I ironically do value in office time but I like flexibility too. I currently work remote and while the flexibility is great, the lack of a routine gets a little draining sometimes. I also am bad about

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I ironically do value in office time but I like flexibility too. I currently work remote and while the flexibility is great, the lack of a routine gets a little draining sometimes. I also am bad about putting work down sometimes because I like coding at night so I end up spacing in the afternoon then working at like 8PM. My perfect job would be 2-3 days in office. I have been chatting with recruiters lately and a lot of jobs are 4-5 days in office. Obviously I won't leave my company for a marginal salary increase, but I'm curious what everyone here thinks. I'm curious what % salary increase would you leave for? 30%? 25%? I kind of made some rough calculator to factor my required salary but it doesn't account well for the loss of flexibility. Not sure how to quantify that honestly. But I also know that I'd sacrifice flexibility for a huge salary bump. Like if Jeff Bezos came to my door and said, "hey I need you. Your barely functional code on GitHub from 10 years ago impressed me. $500,000 annual with a 50% bonus, sign here. But it's 0 remote time." I'd probably take it gladly and do the commute lol. Thoughts?
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