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I mean, they aren't. Unless you are dealing with something like being a housekeeper for a rich neighborhood, most bosses would love it if you lived within 30 minutes of the office.
But the reality of the housing problem is that you MIGHT be able to afford an apartment near the office. But if you want to "put down roots", you are living on the outskirts of town. And if you look at something like the insanity that is The Bay Area, "the outskirts of town" seems to move by 10-100 miles every few years.
And... it is real shitty, but that is part of the push for hybrid schedules. If you live three hours away from the office then nobody will ever want to call you in. But... sometimes they can't help it. And now they have the mess of "Well, The V lives 3 hours away so do we have to pay them? We don't pay Susie who lives 30 minutes away and it isn't fair to her that she has to spend an extra five hours a day in the office... But we also can't give The V what is effectively a day off every time they have an in person meeting..." So the "hope" is that people will... sell their houses and go back to getting exploited by a slum lord?
This idea that to be stable or put down roots means buying a single family home in the suburbs is one of the biggest problems in America. Because of this idea, there's so little high quality medium density housing designed for families in cities, which only reinforces this idea. It causes people spread out, they isolate, they use more energy to live and commute, they don't have experiences with a diverse group of people.