totalgeek

Let's not also forget the ability to take your pay from say a major metropolitan area like San Francisco, and work remote where you get more bang for your buck like Wyoming.

When I was working in the bay area I would've happily taken a 10-20% pay cut in order to work remote from anywhere. I would've been happy with a mandate of 'come into the office for a week (on the company dime of course) once a quarter, bi-annually or whatever'

This is taking into account you are the only winner. If others win, this will reduce your profit.

They may have the right to search your thumb drive if they believe you are downloading company data that may help the competition or cost revenue.