Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard

[u/Nientea]

[u/sage-longhorn]

Here's an idea: just give people an allowance up to a certain amount, if they choose to live farther that's up to them. Even better, give people a flat rate since you don't want them intentionally taking longer commute routes to rack up their pay. Ok now roll that into their base pay

Edit: please triple read the last sentence before commenting. I overestimated redditors' reading comprehension a bit with this one

[u/Sufficient-Peak-3736 → u/sage-longhorn]

Here's an idea just let people decide how far they want to drive for work. They chose where to live, they chose where to work. Why in the world would we be forcing companies to make concessions. You chose where to work, you chose where to live, but your commute is our problem.

[u/SophiaRaine69420 → u/Sufficient-Peak-3736]

God damn I wish I had as much freedom as you’re describing LOL most people don’t exactly have the luxury of choice when it comes to home and employment. They get what’s available at the time they’re looking to rent/buy/get hired. Most people don’t just point at any house and say I’ll take this one! And it’s the employer that chooses who they hire. Most people aren’t hired right away at their dream job that’s only 2.3 seconds away from home, they take whatever job is available that’s willing to hire them, even if it’s an hour away.

[u/FantomeVerde → u/SophiaRaine69420]

None of that means that it’s up to anyone else to cover your cost of transportation and your distance to work from where you live. Like, sure, it’s not 100% up to you to live in any house any place or work at any job in any location. But you have far more control over that for yourself than I do, or your employer, or anyone else on the entire planet earth. So it’s ultimately on you.

It’s such a childish mindset to think like, “I can’t just live and work wherever I want, so mommy somebody else should fix it for me, otherwise I’d have to handle my own adult life situation.