I hope this is the correct sub for this. Few weeks ago, I asked my boss to raise my salary because it's not covering me anymore and that I come all the way (I live 40 mins away) because I like it here. They agreed to raise my salary and pay my gas costs. Couple of days ago, my boss asked me if I would like to move in to an apartment that is 5 mins walk from workplace because it's empty and they are paying the rent anyway and that “to save you time and I don't have to pay for gas”. So I got a click, that I will take salary minus gas costs which is about 800 a month for me and then I will have to pay all utilities and house bills (water, electricity, food from salt to bread) and that will eat up my paychecks and I won't have much to save. I live with my grandparents (I am 23 yrs old) I help them some but I am not paying for all of these stuff like pantry stables, cleaning stuff, etc plus, alot of my activities are 10 mins walk from my town and it means I will have to give them up. Living costs are almost the same between the two towns. I am not sure if this is a genuine help and consideration from my boss or she just wanna keep more money to herself as much as possible.
What would you do in similiar situation? I don't see its worth it to save up 800 on gas but spend triple of it for something else.