Should I Accept a Job Despite The Long Commute?

[@andrewmcquain]

I once had a 3 to 4 hour commute round trip. Never again. I'm willing to take less to get the time. You can't ever get that time back.

[@chaxologist2024]

You're kidding! I currently have a 4 and a half hour commute round trip BARE MINIMUM to and from work and with 10 hour shifts as my very first job! If I'm unlucky and I miss a train transfer by MILLISECONDS, that could easily go up to 5 HOURS! Thankfully, it is only 3 times a week and when my transfer application is approved, that will cut down to just 50 minute commute round trip at most and I can work many more hours!

[@cezanini23]

Do what you hate least, and keeps you close to home, and an hour away is too far

[@yearginclarke]

@kartikgopal4206 Sorry if this is long, but here goes if you do wanna read my story: Jobs with long commutes can be a trap depending on your circumstances and why you are commuting that far in the first place. I'm a logger/timber worker and have worked in the industry for 15 years. I live about 3 hours away from the jobsite where we are currently working. By nature all logging jobs are usually far from wherever you choose to live, you can't move closer to the job site because you can't predict how far away or nearby future jobs will be. It's nature of the beast to commute long distances in logging. The small town I used to live in only had apartments. Long story short, after many years of absolutely hating living in apartments, I cannot force myself to endure the lack of privacy that comes with apartment life any longer. So I forced myself to relocate to a nearby city where I found a small rental house and figured I would get a new job at some point, and commute to my normal job until then. But now the problem has been nobody has been willing to hire me after trying to get dozens and dozens of different types of jobs (all entry level or employers that are willing to train) I'm stuck with these ridiculous and agonizing commutes. I currently leave at 3:10 AM and get home anywhere from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. We usually work far away from cell service, so it makes following up on jobs I've applied to VERY hard to pull off. I'm single and have no one to help me out at all. It's all just me. I don't know what to do, but my situation is stressing me the f*ck out bigtime and probably killing me slowly.

[@ReveredDead]

@kartikgopal4206 I agree but it seems wfh is dying out. I can't find any work from home jobs in the banking or investment business.

[@maxuzumaki5754]

This aged very well. Glad I found it. Suggestion do an updated one, $5.05 a gallon is a rare find in SW WA. Got a Costco membership for gas

[@munster1404]

Well, the industry I work in is mostly located in secluded areas and a 1.5hr to 2hr one way commute by public transport is pretty common.

[@ReveredDead]

Legit for anyone here comtemplating this. Do the math. If it turns out the difference is only a hundred or two hundred a month in income but you have 30 minute or less communte. Take the closer job. Fuck driving for an hour or more. That is 2 fucking hours unpaid and wasted time coming to and from work. Not including the frustration in traffic.

[@Andy-gc5dh]

I have a felony and the only company that wants to hire me is 50 minutes and they pay 16 an hour :(

[@maxuzumaki5754]

This aged very well. Glad I found it. Suggestion do an updated one, $5.05 a gallon is a rare find in SW WA. Got a Costco membership for gas

[@nierautomata9654]

Long commute seems ok, I live in a rural town with less cost of living and my monthly mortgage on my house is 1/4 of my monthly salary. I work in San Francisco coz the pay is high and just do a 2 hour commute each way goin to work and back home. Good thing I work permanent graveyard shift so no traffic goin to work and goin home coz in the morning traffic is on the opposite way 😆 plus i have fixed sunday mondays off 😜 drives a tesla and charges it when i get home i save on my electric bill coz i break even with my solar panels and battery 👍

[@befree9579]

Nice setup. If u do end up saving up alot worth buying a property closer or invest so u don't need to work as many hrs in future. that commute and work sounds like 12-13 hrs a day tbh if u combine them together.

[@nierautomata9654]

@@befree9579 thanks for the tip 👍 yeah its 12 hrs a day (8 hrs work + 4 hrs commute) my motivation is I love my job and the working schedule fits me plus i get good pay compare to working in my town ($2k difference) and i’ll be gettin a pension from the company too when i get to retire aside from their 403b. My goal now is to save a lot to invest in stocks and reits so i dont have to work a lot of hours in the future 😆

[@befree9579]

@@nierautomata9654 Read blogs by Mr Money Moustache he explains the years it takes to retire. He was an engineer who saved around 65% of his income. Allowed him to retire in 10 years. He has a graph to explain it better for people.

[@Matt-cr4vv]

I’m assuming the $2K difference is $2K more a month because if it’s $2K more a year that isn’t worth it financially be commuting 4 hours a day to me. If you added 2,080 hours a year (40 hours * 52 weeks) plus the 1,040 hours you’re commuting (4 hours a day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year) you’re committing 3,120 hours a year to work. That would be 64 cents an hour of income when balanced to true time commitment. If it’s monthly that much more than it’s more like $7.70 or so an hour of true time commitment which I could financially get. But in the end if you love your job enough to make that commute acceptable for you then can’t hate on that. But I have to also keep in mind that the way I see commutes is way different than someone from Cali because there really isn’t a such thing as a true commute for me because I live in the Midwest. The longest commute for most anybody here is maybe a half hour at most. It takes me maybe 15 minutes to get to work so my outlook on a reasonable time to be commuting isnt helpful for anybody in a state that actually deals with them. With how long you drive to work everyday I could probably be out of my state entirely depending on the route.

[@nierautomata9654]

@@Matt-cr4vv I ended up selling my house and moving to the bay area so I’ll be closer to my job and I can get another job as a side hustle. I used the equity i got from the house to buy a condo in the bay area which is fine since I live by myself and realized the dangers of long hours on the road.

[@agustinusrangel2575]

Not worth it, right now I'm being offered a job 1 hour 15 min commute and the pay is $30/hour here in California that is nothing

[@RockNerd231]

Really? I know California prices on everything are crazy, but is it the gas money issue of the commute there and back or the waking up extra early for the drive or the time spent just on getting there and back adding up to 2 hours and 30 minutes, almost 3 factoring in traffic?

[@agustinusrangel2575]

Its all those things, did you forget wear and tear of car?

[@leahmay1506]

Mines 1hr 45min👎

[@jjbuttons3]

Im in the process of buying a home but my commute would be 1:30-1:45 hr drive I’m starting to have second thoughts on this house and location

[@agustinusrangel2575]

@@jjbuttons3 I would really think it through, stress from commutes is real and the cost of gas and wear and tear on your vehicle is devastating. Run the numbers

[@bewater8417]

My commute is 8 hours. Once every 2 Weeks.

[@michael567jober]

promotion without a raise plus an hour commute???? big NO!!

[@Matt-cr4vv]

The promotion came with a raise but he didn’t feel like the raise was worth the two hour commute time he’d have everyday. The position where he wouldn’t get more money was if he took the later move he was offered which would keep him close to home and that he enjoyed more. The lateral move and keeping eyes out for a better job would be the choice id tske in the same shoes, especially if I had enjoyed that job more than the one I currently had. A good way to proceed for now and then think what to do long term

[@kelemdz3925]

I am offered almost 21 bucks per hour to drive about 40 minutes, one way. To a job. Vs a 14-15 bucks an hour job that will take me 15 mins máx to get there. Cant decide. Any advise. ???

[@Bob-mb7eb]

Chase my dream 🤔

[@danielalt7508]

lol, I have 2h 30m commute

[@dustinnoonan3806]

My commute is 4 hours. It’s killin me

[@jamesdean3548]

Is that total per day? I just got a new job that's 2.5 total per day and have no choice from job searching and broke for 4 months.

[@tetehl4731]

My train commute to my new work is 2.5 hours to and back plus 30mins walk to and back . I am getting burnt out but i love my job so not sure if I should move near my job. But this will mean having my kids move to another school.

[@BixxmixBixxehBixxi]

It's all good, you're not alone. City pushed us out with those crazy rent prices, now I've got to drive 1hr 40min to 2hr 10min to work, that's one way. There, I work 4 days, I camp out 3 days, and that's me working Nights, day sleeping can get hot. Then I drive the same back on a 4:30 Saturday morning. The jobs here, really don't pay unless you've got a trade. And, even with the trade, shit you're looking at still getting paid low. Feels like you're trapped, so I'm not sure what's going to happen.

[@xixy333]

what type of jobs do yall work? im so unskilled im fucked

[@Je.rone_]

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