How long is your work commute

[Gandalf]

I have experienced that as have people I know. It has never ended well. You could just move closer to work. It's a waste of fuel money and car wear and tear too.

[walrus]

I have experienced that as have people I know. It has never ended well. You could just move closer to work. It's a waste of fuel money and car wear and tear too.

I don’t think that is an unreasonable travel time. If you can keep it around an hour that is quite doable. It’s the US we have cars as we need to drive everywhere.

[Gandalf]

I have experienced that as have people I know. It has never ended well. You could just move closer to work. It's a waste of fuel money and car wear and tear too.

I don’t think that is an unreasonable travel time. If you can keep it around an hour that is quite doable. It’s the US we have cars as we need to drive everywhere.

For a time it is okay, but after a while it grinds. 2 hours a day wasted on nothing is not good. At least on a bus you can get some work done, but a car is just music or radio, but so much more you coukd do with that time.

I was doing it and was exhausted and thus determined to never do it again. Another friend said it had ruined his life. Another who did a 2 hour commute developed a panic disorder. It is work in and of itself, especially if your work is people.

If you are fine with it cool, but surely better to just live close to work and save that time of your life that will not come back.

[Gandalf]

On a phone, so poor spelling and syntax there. Almost like a Brock to phone job!

[p4pking]

Perfectly doable. Id spend half my waking hours on the road if it just meant I could slap each of you once every day.

[TIC]

Perfectly doable. Id spend half my waking hours on the road if it just meant I could slap each of you once every day.

only girls slap. do you pull hair

[p4pking]

Perfectly doable. Id spend half my waking hours on the road if it just meant I could slap each of you once every day.

only girls slap. do you pull hair

Well you could always ask your mother, although I suppose I have no proof that she actually exists.

[walrus]

On a phone, so poor spelling and syntax there. Almost like a Brock to phone job!

I hear you miles no doubt ones transportation to work is an important factor to take in when accepting a job. In this case the pay and benefits make this tolerable. Actually this job is just two exists on the highway beyond my current work location. Granted when I am doing mechanical work that job is only about 17 minutes away. Anyway this company has sites in a city only about 20 minutes away so I’m thinking opportunities may arise in the future to switch. When I start my orientation it will be in that city about 20 minutes away. I know people who have 3 hour commutes. I know people who have ten minute commutes. When I was growing up my father worked in another state and would be at the airport every Monday morning at 5am.

When I’m at work I get a company car which is good. A lot of these places make you use your own car but pay you mileage for wear and tear. 30 days off plus every federal holiday I took these into consideration and in the US an hour or so commute really isn’t uncommon. Shit my neighbors worked in Manhattan for years, drove 5 days a week, I don’t know how he handled it but he was a successful guy, on his days off he was building a home. I found that impressive. I asked him if the commute bothered him he said “no why would it.”

This new place also pays double time and a half when it snows, I don’t want to get ahead of myself I haven’t even started yet. So anyway I won’t have an exact calculation on travel time until I start but regardless I wasn’t really looking for this position I had my resume online and they contacted me. I’m not going to complain about a long drive when I see these jobless numbers posted. It’s funny how things work though, if I was desperate and looking for work it probably would not have been this easy. Even interviewing is much easier because you don’t really care if you get the position or not. I had an hour and 45 minute zoom interview and I was at peace as either way things were okay. The hard part is saying goodbye to my current place I’m in the middle of several different things and I don’t have the time to complete them all. I hope whoever is taking over these cases follows through and gets these guys and girls the shit they need.

[walrus]

So miles two days in at the new place made it home in 35 minutes. The ride there was longer but it included 15 minutes at Dunkin’ Donuts. Can’t give any rating on the new job yet, I’ll be stuck in an office for a while learning the system I’m not an office person but I gotta get all the BS done before I can hit the road.

[NoSavingByTheBell]

well, the average urban resident who cannot afford a car, gas, registration, maintenance, car payments, and car insurance (oh, let's say thats about $700 to $900 per month) in say DC, LA, NYC, Boston, Newark, Jersey City, it can easily take 90 to 120 minutes EACH WAY, and they don't even blink. Gotta be a tough person.