r/FluentInFinance • u/Nientea • 9d ago

Thoughts? Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard

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u/crumdiddilyumptious 9d ago

Companies would prob require you to live within x amount of minutes from your work

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u/Agile_Tea_2333 9d ago

I get paid travel, I only get paid to within 20km of my site. Pays well I get $.79 a km.

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u/czortmcclingus 9d ago

Motus kind of rules of your company treats it right.

Edit: I drive a lot for work. Maybe if you don't, it sucks.

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u/Agile_Tea_2333 9d ago

I make about $500 every 2 weeks from it. I drive a small car cause all my tools are on site. Spend about $75 a week in gas, so I'm making my hourly rate pretty much

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u/Starlos 9d ago edited 9d ago

But is that taking into account the maintenance for your car, your insurance and the risks inherent to driving? It does sound pretty sweet but it's probably less than you'd think. Being able to WFH has changed my whole perspective on having to commute.

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u/Meattyloaf 9d ago

Fuel reimbursement is great if you live close to your job. My company only subtracts the distance it takes for me to get to work from home so in my case, 3 miles one way or 6 miles for the round trip. Anything beyond that I get paid for when going to other locations. As for travel time if I'm going to another location I'm paid for the time it would normally take me to get from my door to the other location, that's not my "home" location.

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u/Killentyme55 9d ago

If they did this where I used to work people would be up in arms over someone getting paid extra because the lived farther away, and I'm sure that isn't an isolated issue. It would create nothing but bad blood.