I’m not paid well at my current job but it’s also close and I can walk/bike.
I’m looking at jobs that pay me a lot more and it’s not worth it since I have to buy, license, and maintain a car then on top of that I’m driving into work, which blows.
I think this conversation is more about office workers than site workers. You need to get on site to do the work but office workers don’t need to actually go in, they are being told they have to come in and the time needed to adhere to an enforced policy should be included in the work day.
Honestly how is that even possible. I’m single in HCOL and I budget every item on my grocery list, I cut my own hair, I don’t even use the bus and I’m still near break even some months.
But dual income parent is probably better off than single income solo.
Bosses and workers still can’t agree on whether the commute is part of the work day, and it’s creating a $578 billion productivity problem ( fortune.com )
63% of US workers unable to pay a $500 emergency expense, survey finds ( www.cnbc.com )
The salary a single person needs to get by in every U.S. state ( www.cnbc.com )