Comment on The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home.

qwestjest78@lemmy.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Nelots@lemmy.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I wonder if this would make it harder for people to find jobs. I imagine companies would be less inclined to hire people an hour away if they had to pay for it.

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  • Chivera@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Or they might allow more work from home if it means saving on those commutes.

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• korazail@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Which CEO downvoted this?

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• PlexSheep@infosec.pub ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That would be good except that you could literally get a job far away for “was” money, or you would disadvantage people living farther away from jobs (cities)

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  • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There are people who take Work from Home jobs in high CoL areas and then move to low CoL places to pocket the difference, so that’s not too far off from what already happens.

    Plus, on the other side, incentivizing companies to hire locally could cause companies to be selective in their location to maximize the convenience of commuting from multiple areas for reduced overhead, or increase the desire for increased urban density and lessen suburban sprawl, which is literally choking the life out of places in infrastructure costs alone. Garbage and water services for the wealthy suburbs is subsidized from the taxes of poor people’s apartment buildings.

    Of course, we all know that what would really happen is that we’d see the return of company towns where you sleep in the same bed as 2 other guys on 8 hour shifts so the bed has 100% occupancy 24 hours a day.

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• HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Also I have seen many office location decisions seem to be about the ceo's commute.

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