Mar 7, 2023
imagine if employers had to pay for commute time. they'd figure out really fuckin fast how many jobs can be done remotely.
Show threadmaloki 🍍Mar 7, 2023

@sayyid_qishta I've been thinking about the concept of paying for what it actually costs people to work. (as in increase where necessary etc).

So are you disabled? You get paid more.
Do you need to commute? You get paid more.
etc etc etc. (It's not a compelte thought for fairly obvious reasons, so the examples are very vague and general)

Show threadjnbhlrMar 10, 2023
@maloki @sayyid_qishta About making employers paying for commute: That would likely create a toxic lock-in effect for poor, badly connected neighbourhoods. If you need to commute more, you don't get hired. If you're poor, you can't move to a place closer to job opportunities, as they are likely more expensive.
Show threadjnbhlr
@maloki @sayyid_qishta Now if you move that idea to the state level, like in germany where we have a tax deduction for commuting, you effectively subsides commuting, especially for richer people (richer people pay higher income tax). This means less money for other stuff, more cars on the road, more roads required, more environmental polution, ... so this shouldn't be done and the money should be spent on social housing, ideally close to job opportunities.
Mar 10, 2023 at 2:44pmWeb