Companies should be required to pay salary for commute time and for all expenses incurred.
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 23:16:15 JST Thomas 🔭✨ -
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 23:22:02 JST Thomas 🔭✨ @NaN Uhm, think about it a little why this would not be the case.
You're basically arguing that e.g. companies shouldn't provide health insurance because that incentivizes people to get sick.
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Not A Number (nan@mastodon.green)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 23:22:03 JST Not A Number @thomasfuchs But, then you're incentivised to move a long way away from work.
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 14-Apr-2023 01:06:30 JST Thomas 🔭✨ @mikemccaffrey In many countries you get per-kilometer compensation, the rate of which is set by the government each year.
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Mike McCaffrey (mikemccaffrey@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Apr-2023 01:06:31 JST Mike McCaffrey @thomasfuchs seems unnecessarily complicated, but it would be nice if companies have to pay a flat extra fee if they expect you to come into an office.
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 14-Apr-2023 01:12:29 JST Thomas 🔭✨ @mikemccaffrey it should be extra complicated to incentivize companies to let people work from home
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 14-Apr-2023 02:39:25 JST Thomas 🔭✨ @geobeck The whole point here is to incentivize remote office work whenever possible.
Obviously you'll need to figure out solutions for types of business which require people to be there in in-person.
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geobeck ?️? (geobeck@home.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Apr-2023 02:39:26 JST geobeck ?️? @thomasfuchs
However, a commuting subsidy should take the local situation into account. If public transit is practical, base the subsidy on a monthly pass. Provide other financial incentives for employees to move closer to work or to telecommute if their role makes that practical. -
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 14-Apr-2023 02:40:44 JST Thomas 🔭✨ @elithebearded Yes, it should be extra complicated. Because that will incentivize companies to default to remote work.
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Eli the Bearded (elithebearded@fed.qaz.red)'s status on Friday, 14-Apr-2023 02:40:49 JST Eli the Bearded @thomasfuchs My last long term position in an office (several years pre-covid), I could get a company paid parking spot or a monthly "commuter check" which was only redeemable at certain local transit for fare cards.
Driving to work took me about half an hour. Bike plus BART maybe 45 minutes. Pure public transit (three agencies) an hour. Oh, and driving home was consistently slower, with a toll, than driving in.
Not sure of my point other than pay-by-time is complicated
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Mike McCaffrey (mikemccaffrey@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Apr-2023 04:09:45 JST Mike McCaffrey @thomasfuchs I feel like that would incentivize higher earners to spread even further out into the suburbs, while giving employers another reason not to hire lower earning employees who have been forced to live far away from jobs.
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 14-Apr-2023 04:09:45 JST Thomas 🔭✨ @mikemccaffrey Your feelings are wrong. :)
In practice this helps reduce commute distances and times, at least a little. But the positive affects add up quickly.
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