return2ozma@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 year agoBosses and workers still can’t agree on whether the commute is part of the work day, and it’s creating a $578 billion productivity problemfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square331fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down120
arrow-up11Karrow-down1external-linkBosses and workers still can’t agree on whether the commute is part of the work day, and it’s creating a $578 billion productivity problemfortune.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square331fedilink
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoCan your employer then tell you how far away is reasonable to live? “Why don’t you live in the $4,000/month apartment 5 minutes away instead of the $1,000/month place an hour away?”
minus-squarerandon31415@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThe way I invision it is that everyone gets an assumed travel time (like 30 minutes or something) and if they are closer they get more free time, and if they are further, they don’t get paid for the extra travel time.
minus-squarepseudonym@monyet.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoIsn’t that just a wage increase then?
minus-squarerandon31415@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoOr a Work from home incentive for corporations.
minus-squarekoorogi@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoMy employer already requires that I live within a 45 minute commute.
Can your employer then tell you how far away is reasonable to live?
“Why don’t you live in the $4,000/month apartment 5 minutes away instead of the $1,000/month place an hour away?”
The way I invision it is that everyone gets an assumed travel time (like 30 minutes or something) and if they are closer they get more free time, and if they are further, they don’t get paid for the extra travel time.
Isn’t that just a wage increase then?
Or a Work from home incentive for corporations.
My employer already requires that I live within a 45 minute commute.