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Just because you like somebody who works for you doesn't mean it makes financial sense for the company to pay them more.

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Given the man's dedication to his job and impacts his actions has to health, it makes financial sense for the company to help him out financially in either securing a car or a closer place to live or risk losing a valued employee.

Or they could fire him and just hire somebody closer to their office.

I'm playing devil's advocate here, because I also sympathize with the story. But money really does rule all and cold business decisions are often unpleasant.

Don't exaggerate. Show me how many hours Todd Wilson, the plant manager mentioned in the article, walks or even works a day and how much he earns. Then we can talk cold business.

I'm as liberal as the next guy, but stop pretending that companies are the most efficient, overhead-hating entities around and as such cannot deal with the poor common man, because we all know they're not.

Just because we like a company's products doesn't mean it makes financial sense for society to allow it to externalize many of its costs such as transportation of employees, roads, social welfare, and health care.

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