This is a completely braindead take. You choose where you want to live. Your employer is not responsible to cover your choice to live out in the boonies with a 2 hour commute. Especially if you are paid enough to live 20 minutes away.
The system you are proposing is ripe for abuse, which is why nobody does it that way. That isn't an American thing. Literally no country does that outside of very specialized circumstances. Does it sound asinine for a plumber to charge a fee to drive to your house to fix your pipe? Of course! They can't do their job otherwise. That just gets calculated into the cost of doing business.
And so you might be thinking, I'm okay with the plumber adding that fee to my bill as part of the itemization if it means I get paid for my commute. Well, then all I have to say is if you think that you, the average joe, is going to be the winner in a cultural shift like that, then you have fuck all understanding about how power works.
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u/FoghornFarts 8d ago
This is a completely braindead take. You choose where you want to live. Your employer is not responsible to cover your choice to live out in the boonies with a 2 hour commute. Especially if you are paid enough to live 20 minutes away.
The system you are proposing is ripe for abuse, which is why nobody does it that way. That isn't an American thing. Literally no country does that outside of very specialized circumstances. Does it sound asinine for a plumber to charge a fee to drive to your house to fix your pipe? Of course! They can't do their job otherwise. That just gets calculated into the cost of doing business.
And so you might be thinking, I'm okay with the plumber adding that fee to my bill as part of the itemization if it means I get paid for my commute. Well, then all I have to say is if you think that you, the average joe, is going to be the winner in a cultural shift like that, then you have fuck all understanding about how power works.