We are getting a little off track,I for a very long time worked as an engineer in a workshop i traveled to work in my own car and at my own expense and I started at eight and finished at five with all the correct breaks. Not a problem my choice.However now I am a field engineer my first job is not at the depot, in fact I try to go as little as possible because that wastes money,I am available to set off to any of our customers sites straight away thus enabling my employer to promise the customer a good response time. If I had to go to the shop first where I would start at eight I would then hit all the rush hour traffic and would not get to the first job for quite a while. So as you see the benefits are all in the employers favor even if you don`t take into account that the employer is still charging the customer for my time. And yes it may seem like I have a van for use to and from my work but I have got to put up with it on my drive when I get home because we are not allowed private use unless we pay a hefty tax bill.