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I like the idea of the commute being included in the work hours. When you start driving to work, that's when you're clocked in.
Alice lives closer so she can get to work faster and get more done sonce the company only loses 20 minutes of Alice-time.
Bob is farther so thats 70 minutes of Bob-time not doing work during his shift.
Maybe companies will begin to factor in the lost time of commutes and hire more locally. It could get more organized.
I am sure people's time is being wasted by inefficiency. Like, company X has several factories in the state. How many people from city A are working in the factory at city B while B's commute up to city A?
Lots to think about. Traffic, time, privacy? I dunno. Just thinking as I go :)
Who would hire Bob, in that case?
The same company. If they are far from their employees it's not the employees' fault.
They hired Bob in the first place, meaning they want his work. Now it's on company time instead of the people's time. How much work do people actually do in their 9-5s?
Try not looking at this from a money perspective over a people perspective. Companoes threw fits and anguish at the ideas of 40 hour workweek, weekends, overtime pay, etc, yet here we are! 32 hour work weeks and commute time included on the 8 hours can be next.
So I could move to bumfuck nowhere and get paid to chill out in my car, while my coworkers pick up my slack?
Nope. Enjoy bumfuck nowhere my friend!
That's a good question and it depends on the job. Office jobs definitely come with variable downtime that can be shifted around.
If you're doing physical labour, like working in a factory or gardening, there's a very direct corelation between "time spent at place of work" and "productive time".
It's a good concept in my opinion, but only when people have plenty of choice in where they live. In practice, especially with the current housing situation in many countries, that's not always the case.
If you apply this, you'll end up in a situation where someone living outside the city can't get a job anywhere. Without a good job, you also can't live in the city, so you're stuck trying to start your own business (as employees also could without such a system) or you're forced to take whatever you can get, giving the few employers near sparsely populated areas an immense amount of power.
This solution punishes people who live far out in a different way, in that they can't find a job at all. I don't think that's better than a system without compensation of any kind.
I see how that becomes a negative feedback loop. Gotta think some more.