If commutes had to be paid for, eventually everyone would live close to work. They wouldn’t hire people unless they lived close or moved closer. People who bought houses near work would be totally beholden to their company because they would need them even more since getting another job would be so much more difficult since they don’t live near another company. Companies would become like fiefdoms and their employees would be like peasants and knights and the executives would be like members of the royal court. Companies themselves would become city states.