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Originally Posted by blankall
You can chop it up however you want, but what you're talking about is all just part of total compensation. If I'm choosing between two jobs, that are in all other aspects equal, I'll take the free transit pass. If you force employers to pay for transit passes and parking, they'll just cut compensation elsewhere. I think most employees would prefer to just have the extra salary and make their own decisions about where to allocated commuting expenses.
The way employers work, they often pool a benefit like transit/parking. So you could end up in a situation where those that don't need that service are supplementing that service for others via a reduced total salary.
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I understand the reality and the way employers work. The ones who make you come to the office and don’t make it effectively free to come to the office are a bit ####e, though.
But calling it “extra salary” is hilarious.
“Please sir, let me pay a portion of my salary to come work for you! No? But you’ll leave my salary as is? Why thank you for the extra salary, sir!”
Lame.