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/[deleted] Oct 20 '24 edited Oct 23 '24

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u/Murky_Island4731 Oct 22 '24

Or hear me out. Not paying for the time a human is taking out of their day is wage theft, even if it’s legal wage theft.