If my salaried job used to make me commute, then work 8 hours, then commute home, I think it's a mistake to think that they were only paying me for the middle part.

When I negotiated the position and considered my options, you bet I considered the commute as part of the deal.

um no salaried means you don't have fixed hours you might want to read this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ragged-Trousered_Philanthr...

Your also subsidizing your employers office costs so will they be paying 25% of your property taxes that's the going rate in the UK like when I had to use one room for all my dialysis supplies.

Exactly. You're not getting paid to commute. But you are getting paid to work when you would otherwise be commuting. If you're salary, its a wash. If you're hourly, you make more.