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Any company that does that likely uses a company vehicle as company property and demands you live in the specific area.
My old employer did that for our field technicians. You were paid from the second you left your home until you got back. If you had to stay overnight - then they paid for that too.
We hired people all over the US but we only hired people in centralized areas key to our customers. You were NOT allowed to change your home address more than 20 miles without sufficient approval. It would be grounds for termination.
My coworker lived in Alabama, and got some girl pregnant when they had him working in Philadelphia on an all-hands type of emergency . He decided to move to Philly to raise the child. You've no idea the amount of bureaucratic headache it took to stay employed.
Interesting. Where I work we have field techs as well but I guess it's a little different. Everyone's issued their own truck, the truck just lives at the office. So you'd drive to the office, pick up your truck, and then start earning windshield time. In any case, I do wonder what it'd look like for like a retail worker or something.
We don't have enough density for that.
We had maybe 1 field technician for every state. So like literally 1 technician for all of North and South Carolina. 2 for Alabama/Mississippi/Louisiana. 3 for all of Florida (North, South, Central).
There often isn't an office to go to in your state but we do sell there so we need on-site staff.
When I worked for IT call center back in the day they had a reimbursement plan for everyone coming into work... Within reason of course. We rearly had call in due to transportation issues. If you lived within one hour drive of the office you got an estimate on the gas, time, and vehicle maintenance check at the end of each month. If you didn't have a vehicle they paid for your yearly public transportation cost. It was such a additive to the culture of the office and ensured the worker wasn't being held financially responsible for getting to work! Such a weird concept in a world of selfless leadership and a beat down labor force.