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> the government should mandate that commute time is included in office hours. This is would have a bunch of perverse outcomes you probably haven’t considered.
by AmericanChopper 3y ago
> the government should mandate that commute time is included in office hours.
This is would have a bunch of perverse outcomes you probably haven’t considered. Employers would immediately start to consider the commute times of candidates before hiring them. Longer commute times is a feature of cheaper housing, so that would correlate to employers discriminating against candidates of lower socioeconomic standing. Which would in turn correlate to discrimination against the ethnic groups that are over represented in those lower socioeconomic groups.
It’s basically only a good idea if you’re trying to intentionally constrain social mobility.
- willcipriano 3y ago> that would correlate to employers discriminating against candidates of lower socioeconomic standing... Now do college degrees.
- majormajor 3y ago> Employers would immediately start to consider the commute times of candidates before hiring them. This already happens, and AFAIK it's not a protected class. "Hmm, they'd be driving an hour each direction, are they likely to stick around?"
- someNameIG 3y ago> Employers would immediately start to consider the commute times of candidates before hiring them. That's already a thing in Australia. > Longer commute times is a feature of cheaper housing, so that would correlate to employers discriminating against candidates of lower socioeconomic standing. The current system already does that also. Poorer people are traveling more for work, but they aren't getting compensated for the commute time.