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::: You're assuming here, of course, that Ola's being paid a
::: salary. If the pay
::: is hourly, the per hour wage may not be affected.
If salary, it can be adjusted or a compromise can be met. If hourly, a
compromise can be met. A very popular and agreeable compromise is to pay
the employee (who is now burdened with a much longer commute due to
business reorg/displacement) a travel reimbursement, usually between
$0.30 and $0.35 (US) per mile. The reimbursement can be handled via
expense forms. I suggest bringing it up with your manager.
::: The question then becomes this. Is the extra pay enough to
::: compensate for
::: the added expense of commuting and any other expenses
::: (e.g., additional work
::: wardrobe) that are now incurred because Ola's now working
::: in the work place.
Yes and no. It's up to the individual and the company, and of course the
situation. I once took a job that gave me a 55 mile one-way commute,
which took anywhere from 45 minutes and 3 hours to drive (depending on
when I left home/work). What ended up happening was me leaving home at
6am, arriving at work at 6:45 or 7am, staying until about 7pm, and then
making it home before 8pm. Wasn't healthy for my family life (had a
toddler at home). I eventually quit, though for different reasons than
the commute. My pay was considerably more than I had been making
elsewhere, which was why I took the job, but looking back, I really
should have requested travel reimbursement, as that would have been an
"extra" $165.00 to $192.50 a week, or $8,085.00 to $9,432.50 a year
(given a year's worth of travel minus three weeks' vacation). But that
is aside from salary, as it's expensed.
Of course given I was putting about 27,000 miles a year on my poor VW
Golf (getting about 34 miles per gallon, and gas being about $1.40 per
gallon on average, plus oil changes at every 5,000 miles at about $30.00
a pop), the travel expense wouldn't have been great, but it would have
at least paid for the wear and tear, gas, and upkeep, plus a little
extra for my time and for peace of mind.
B I L L S W A L L O W
Information Design & Development Professional
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