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They don’t generally pay people extra to commute either, but certainly do whichever is cheaper for you. The one time I had a long commute I was paying upwards o
by db48x 4y ago
They don’t generally pay people extra to commute either, but certainly do whichever is cheaper for you. The one time I had a long commute I was paying upwards of $200 a month for the train. Gas, maintenance, repairs, depreciation and so on for a car would have been even more. Add in the drudgery of the daily commute and the cost to me was not small.
- elric 4y agoMy experience certainly isn't universal, but pretty much every knowledge worker in Belgium either has a company car or train pass.
- db48x 4y agoThe cost of which comes out of their salary either way.
- elric 4y agoNot really. For whatever reason, company cars (and trains, but at least those make sense) are taxed way less than salaries. There's no way in hell I'd fork up 3000EUR/year to get a train pass if $work wasn't paying for it.
- db48x 4y agoIt seems like your government has chosen one specific way for you to live, and not given you much financial flexibility to live any other way. Know that it is not the same everywhere. Where I live there are no government–imposed financial incentives to encourage people to commute. (A lot of _employers_ encourage commuting, but not all of them do).