Current Events > would you take a job with a 1hr+ commute?

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Yes, if the money's right.
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If the pay is good I could always move closer.
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My dad drives about 80 minutes one way to get to work. It's mostly highway so no traffic though.

Wouldn't do it if I had a choice.
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just spoke with the recruiter for the position, she set up a phone interview with the hiring manager tomorrow.

seems that the pay is in-line with a 30% increase in salary so now i am going to check traffic maps at like 5pm to see how bad the drive back is. I think I have it in me if the drive is just an hour, but if it's like an hour and a half i'll be nervous
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30% increase in salary isn't worth the drive if you're content at your current job.

I've never met anybody that enjoyed a long commute.
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in a literal sense it's more or less 1:1 pay for the extra commute if youre doin 40/wk

so its a question of what your free time is worth to you
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Steve Nick posted...

30% increase in salary isn't worth the drive if you're content at your current job.

i'm not content, i want to gtfo

Darkman124 posted...

in a literal sense it's more or less 1:1 pay for the extra commute if youre doin 40/wk

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CableZL posted...

If I really really wanted the job, I'd probably move to a place that's closer.

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put another way:

do you pay people to cut your jrass or do you do it yourself

if you do it yourself would you rather spend that time in a car driving to work

this analogy does not work if you are a cheap piece of shit
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not unless it paid a salary I just couldn't say no to. And even then I'd probably just move closer to the job, that's a lot of unnecessarily wasted time every single day.
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Nope
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I do it every day. I live 33 miles from Manhattan. I take bus into port authority terminal and then walk or train to my job location.
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Only if it's a huge amount of money, so most likely no.
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1 hour of highway driving? Absolutely. Hop on the bike an bill it to er.

Hour of shitty big city traffic?

Lulz no.
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GregShmedley posted...

treewojima posted...

That's the standard commute time in the northern VA area.

Can confirm.

My commute is one hour and thirty one way. Would be roughly 45 minutes without traffic.

Mine's 45 minutes as well, but I also work from home 2 days a week and I have a reverse commute which makes it a lot better.
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Did for 5 years, wouldnt again.
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My job now, I I drove an hour to and from work every day for 3 years. The last year or so I've lived closer so it's down to 30 minutes.
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i figure what i will do is go to the interview and if i feel like this job is perfect for me then i'll suck it up and make the commute for a little bit until i can leverage this for an even better job.

commuting for 1hr+ a day will kind of eat into my time to do grad school later this year/next year tho
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I do this currently. I used to drive there, gave up, then started taking the bus. It's a popular route so I have to get to the stop early or I miss it/have to stand. Even in shared lanes it's 45+ minutes on average. It's the pits, and while I'd love to get out of here, jobs suck right now here.
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Money would have to be a lot, then I could just move.

Right now my commute is 5 minutes. So good.
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Only if you can take a bus/train for much of that commute time.

That was the commute to my old job. Having to gas up my car every week sucked ass.
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Tupacrulez posted...

1 hour of highway driving? Absolutely. Hop on the bike an bill it to er.

Hour of shitty big city traffic?

Lulz no.

What kind of fucked up logic is that?

It's still an hour.

And no, no chance I waste extra 2h every day.
Unless the money was a lot more than I could make anywhere else.

GunmaN1905 posted...

Tupacrulez posted...

1 hour of highway driving? Absolutely. Hop on the bike an bill it to er.

Hour of shitty big city traffic?

Lulz no.

What kind of fucked up logic is that?

It's still an hour.

And no, no chance I waste extra 2h every day.
Unless the money was a lot more than I could make anywhere else.

Because you can read a book or watch a movie/tv show while on a bus. You can nap too.

Public transportation is usually a better deal than driving yourself. You can at least entertain yourself if need be.
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If the money is worth considering an hour commute, then I'd fucking move to within a mile of the job so I can have my cake and eat it too
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Muffinz0rz posted...

If the money is worth considering an hour commute, then I'd fucking move to within a mile of the job so I can have my cake and eat it too

but i just moved into a new place last week that i love, and the job is in an area i dont want to live
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chrono625 posted...

Because you can read a book or watch a movie/tv show while on a bus. You can nap too.

Public transportation is usually a better deal than driving yourself. You can at least entertain yourself if need be.

He didn't mention public transport.

depends on how much you're making an hour.
is it at least $25 an hour? if yeah then it is worth it
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Dark_SilverX posted...

depends on how much you're making an hour.
is it at least $25 an hour? if yeah then it is worth it

yes but i make more than that now technically
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GunmaN1905 posted...

Tupacrulez posted...

1 hour of highway driving? Absolutely. Hop on the bike an bill it to er.

Hour of shitty big city traffic?

Lulz no.

What kind of fucked up logic is that?

It's still an hour.

And no, no chance I waste extra 2h every day.
Unless the money was a lot more than I could make anywhere else.

You've clearly never ridden a motorcycle down a nice highway.

I'd literally get to practice a hobby I do in my OFFTIME, while going to work, and getting paid for it. Like, is there a BETTER way to explain this?
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I would do up to 1.5 hours total IF I could take public transit for the bulk/entire trip. I honestly don't mind if I could just sit on a train and browse the net/watch a movie/play a game for an hour before/after work.

Tupacrulez posted...

GunmaN1905 posted...

Tupacrulez posted...

1 hour of highway driving? Absolutely. Hop on the bike an bill it to er.

Hour of shitty big city traffic?

Lulz no.

What kind of fucked up logic is that?

It's still an hour.

And no, no chance I waste extra 2h every day.
Unless the money was a lot more than I could make anywhere else.

You've clearly never ridden a motorcycle down a nice highway.

I'd literally get to practice a hobby I do in my OFFTIME, while going to work, and getting paid for it. Like, is there a BETTER way to explain this?

Uh jobs don't pay you for the commute
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Shadow_Of_Fenix posted...

I would do up to 1.5 hours total IF I could take public transit for the bulk/entire trip. I honestly don't mind if I could just sit on a train and browse the net/watch a movie/play a game for an hour before/after work.

i have spotify & podcasts and stuff on my phone but i think at a certain point i'll probably be grumpy and just want to get home.

i just plugged in the office and my home address and it looks like it'd take 1 hour and 4 minutes to get home if i left that place right now
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Tupacrulez posted...

I'd literally get to practice a hobby I do in my OFFTIME, while going to work, and getting paid for it. Like, is there a BETTER way to explain this?

Yeah, sure, driving a bike every morning at 7am wouldn't become a chore, especially during winter.

Muffinz0rz posted...

Uh jobs don't pay you for the commute

They don't? Not from the US, but it's a common practice where I live.
I have a friend who's job is 20ish kilomteres away and he gets 150 every month for gas expenses.

It would have to pay at least 50% more than what I make now
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I've done that before.

It sucks. I'd do it for awhile, but I'd either be looking for a closer place, or looking for a closer job.
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Mine is 45 minutes each way. Its annoying but I just listen to audiobooks that I get from the library.
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GunmaN1905 posted...

They don't? Not from the US, but it's a common practice where I live.
I have a friend who's job is 20ish kilomteres away and he gets 150 every month for gas expenses.

Not here. They don't pay for time either, which is the part I actually care more about. In America, you have to be at your job from 9AM to 5PM. They pay you for that time. Which means you use your off-the-clock time to drive to and from the office. I.e. I leave my apartment at 845, so those 15 minutes are off the clock.

I couldn't care less about the meager gas reimbursement, my gripe comes from the time that is technically mine being spent stuck in traffic.
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Fuck no.

30 minute commute is already way too much for me. That plus an hour to get ready in the morning eats up 2 hours of my day.

What ever happened to 8-8-8? I thought I was supposed to get 8 hours of free time, but it seems like at least 2 hours of that "free" time is necessary for the 8 hours of work.

No.
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