Originally Posted by Stratoliner

Let's say in a month you get 4 three-day trips. That's 8 plane tickets if it's a single leg commute. 16 if it's two legs (which lots of people do). This is to be shuttled to and from your house in lieu of driving yourself in a car or taking light rail. People who are airlined around for their jobs aren't being gifted 4-16 plane tickets per month just to go the office instead of driving. They're moved around for jobs with no fixed base of operations, they go around to franchise locations or do specialized maintenance or consulting, etc. etc.

Come on man. Just say you want the company to pay for your commute because your inconvenient life choices would be alleviated by it, and hope they give it to you. I would respect that opinion. Acting like you deserve this simply and logically, and that you in fact do the company a great service by commuting, come on.




And that's fine. I have no issues with this point of view. But expecting the company to pay up for your personal choice, which you don't have to make, is what I have a problem with. People made that choice knowing all that came with it, and did it any way. Fine. Don't waste negotiating and company resources to bail you out for that after the fact.