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Suppose there are two employees: Alice and Bob, who do the same job at the same factory. Alice has a 10 minute (20RT) commute, Bob commutes 35 minutes(70RT).

If you're the owner of the factory, would you compensate them for their commutes? How would you do it?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would an employer care how far away their employees live, or compensate them for their travel?

Unless the employer also gets to decide where they can and can't live, why should they compensate them?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Why would an employer care how far away their employees live

Commute obviously has an impact on overall satisfaction. In roles that can be done remote or in person you can effectively trade commute time for pay.

This logic can be extended to employees working in person with contrasting commute times. Thus op's question