STATUS SYMBOL: For those still on the...

STATUS SYMBOL: For those still on the freeway, car-pool inducements are getting better all the time. . . . Companies that have used guaranteed rides home, cash rewards or cheap use of vans might now note the perk available at Hughes Aircraft Ground Systems Group in Fullerton: a better parking space than the boss. And it’s working: ride-share sign-ups are up. . . . So are the complaints of displaced managers. “It’s only a 60- or 80-foot difference, but it’s important to some,” said Hughes administrator Mike Chaffee. “A closer parking space has long been associated with going up the ladder.”