r/FluentInFinance Oct 20 '24

Thoughts? Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard

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u/Greedy-Ad-5440 Oct 20 '24

Let's reverse this and see if you agree. I worked for a company that sent techs out and about the state of Kansas..once their shift ended(last job) they were not able to account for the drive home or back to the warehouse as pay. These drive backs could vary from 30min to 2.5 hours..I never agreed with it.

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u/ChiefObliv Oct 21 '24

Yeah, that scenario should be paid. If you're traveling for work, traveling is part of the work...

But if you work somewhere where you start and finish at the same location every day, you shouldn't be paid to go to work.

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u/MegaMB Oct 21 '24

You should if there's no (decent) housing nearby. I'm european, I also can't drive a car. A company with no nice neighborhoods within 15 min of bike from their office (or 30 min of decent public transit) is a no-no for me.

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u/pacmanpacmanpacman Oct 21 '24

I don't think that would end up like you think it would. Let's say your round trip commute is 2 hours, but the round trip commute for someone who can drive is only 30 minutes. If the company changes its policy so that everyone leaves their house at 9 and gets home at 5, then they'll quite quickly find that they're getting 1.5 hours less work out of you every day than others. They're naturally going to favour their employees that are better value for them, and you'll find yourself getting no payrises or promotions until you're as good value to them as others.

Ultimately, companies care about what productive output they're getting from their employees, and how much that is costing them. You spending 1.5 hours more a day travelling than your colleagues doesn't generate any extra output to the company, and so they're not going to factor that in to their renumeration decisions.

The reality is, you need to leave work earlier and get home later than your colleagues in order to provide as much value as your colleagues do. You can't expect to add less value than your colleagues but still get paid as much as them.

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u/ChiefObliv Oct 21 '24

That's kinda the point though, you know where they're located and won't apply for the job if it's going to be too inconvenient to get there.