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 threadScott M. Mar 8, 2023
@maloki @sayyid_qishta there'd have to be strict guidelines on the commute thing as there are a lot of societal costs to people choosing to live far away from their work (pollution including CO2, congestion, etc). It would be unfair to those who try to reduce their externalities.
Show threadAmariMar 22, 2023
@apukwa @maloki @sayyid_qishta selling my house and starting over on a mortgage because my new job is further away isn’t very practical. I’d work closer but this company is very small - the next location of theirs is many hours from me.
Show threadScott M. 

@amari @maloki @sayyid_qishta in Canada the government softens the blow somewhat by allowing you to deduct all your moving expenses if your move gets you 40km closer to a new job.

Other incentives to live closer can be made too

Mar 22, 2023 at 1:23pmWeb
Show threadAmariMar 22, 2023

@apukwa I appreciate that Canada does that. I live in the US, so it’s not applicable for me. Additionally, I only live 52km from my work. And moving for one job doesn’t take into account my spouse’s job location or if I had more than one job, which I have had.

It’s also still really terrible to sell your house and buy another one just because you got a different retail/customer service job. It really doesn’t make sense. I am not resetting my mortgage if I don’t have to.

Show threadScott M. Mar 22, 2023
@amari right, my point is the government (wherever you are) can do more to help people live closer to work. It's something that is in the best interests of society at a whole to encourage.