Suppose there are two employees: Alice and Bob, who do the same job at the same factory. Alice has a 10 minute (20RT) commute, Bob commutes 35 minutes(70RT).
If you’re the owner of the factory, would you compensate them for their commutes? How would you do it?
That’s a good question and it depends on the job. Office jobs definitely come with variable downtime that can be shifted around.
If you’re doing physical labour, like working in a factory or gardening, there’s a very direct corelation between “time spent at place of work” and “productive time”.