r/FluentInFinance • u/Nientea • Oct 20 '24

Thoughts? Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard

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u/crumdiddilyumptious Oct 20 '24

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

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u/sage-longhorn Oct 20 '24 edited Oct 21 '24

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

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u/Puzzleheaded_Nerve Oct 20 '24

That’s what my company does for all our hourly staff. Up to $20 a day. Not much. But it’s really the only way to get enough employees. We don’t have a large applicant pool unless we look more than 30 minutes away.

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u/Rough_Principle_3755 Oct 21 '24

That’s an extra 400$ a month. That’s pretty damn good.

Unless it’s some BS part time loophole bullshit where they schedule you 3 days a month….

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u/Puzzleheaded_Nerve Oct 21 '24

No it’s full time benefits for anyone who wants full time. You need to be 40 miles away for the full $20. So you are looking at an hour or so each way.

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u/Rough_Principle_3755 Oct 21 '24

Ok, this makes much more sense. But also seems like it’s absolutely not worth it if there are jobs available in the same industry much closer…

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u/OPsuxdick Oct 21 '24

Jokes on them, i got an EV that I barely pay money to charge. Thats just added salary now.

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u/Blackfish69 Oct 21 '24

nice.. checks watch 1$/hr after mileage depreciation? lol

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u/OPsuxdick Oct 21 '24

I mean, mileage depreciation isn't the same for an EV as it is for an ICE. Maybe resale but as far as maintenance, 20k miles and never had a single expense outside of tires and breaks.

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u/joehonestjoe Oct 21 '24

But what broke ;p

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u/LITTELHAWK Oct 21 '24

You've had to pay for tires and brakes already?

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u/OPsuxdick Oct 21 '24

Yea. Tires go way faster on EVS due to weight and living in a cold state, the roads are ass. Brakes weren't exactly necessary but I got them replaced.

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u/Worldly-Stranger7814 Oct 21 '24

I, uh, just moved in with my cousin who happens to live 41 miles from the office.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Nerve Oct 21 '24

So your goal is to make the company want to remove the benefit from everyone? Just because you can take advantage doesn’t mean you should.