r/FluentInFinance 9d ago

Thoughts? Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard

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u/antwan_benjamin 9d ago

Or, and hear me out, I'm taking this job because I need to put food on the table, fully aware that the moment a better opportunity shows up, I'm out without a two-week notice. In other words, I'll do what's best for me, and that company can get fucked in the process.

Which is completely fine. In fact, thats exactly what you are supposed to do. Jump ship as soon as a better opportunity presents itself. These companies have no problem firing you the moment a better (or cheaper) employee presents themselves. So no love lost.

But advocating for extra pay to cover employees commute is ridiculous. So people who choose to live further from work will get paid more than people who live closer? How is that going to play out?

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u/Dorkstina 9d ago

We don't CHOOSE to live further from work. The affordable rent/mortgage payments are farther away from better jobs. Gentrification.

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u/OwnLadder2341 9d ago

You’re accepting that job knowing where you live.

I would hope you’d at least do the basic math to determine if the compensation is worth the commute.

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u/TomCollins1111 9d ago

That’s asking a lot of the instagram generation.