What % of your take home pay goes on commute costs?

Uncle_Gravy said:
Just checked our NCP

5 to 6 hours £21.00
6 to 24 hours £24.00

There's no other parking solutions around, all the free residential ones that were around years ago have been quickly changed to permit parking.
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That's mental. I know nothing about driving in London but my boss parks at the NCP here; WC1A 1JR which is £15 for 12hrs with a pass/prebook. Granted it's £45 for 4-24hrs if you pay on the day. I can't fathom how parking in Cardiff is more expensive.
 
Jez said:
Wouldnt you be far better off just getting a local job in a shop or something like this? I am not being facetious, you'd be better off doing something like that if it was close and had free parking as i am sure it would if it was a supermarket or something.
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If we all followed that logic, no one would ever get into good jobs/better money. A bit short sighted, no?
 
I guess that depends on the realistic prospects within the current role :) If it is very much a short term building block, agreed.
 
Jez said:
I guess that depends on the realistic prospects within the current role :) If it is very much a short term building block, agreed.
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When I started working, it was a hellish commute, expensive and long. I was paid peanuts and was basically the entire business' sysadmin. Eventually when my immediate boss quit for pastures new, the director came to me to ask me what to put on the job spec/advert. I just said "why? Just double my money, I did his job anyway" :p
 
None of my take home pay goes towards commuting. I'm self employed, so every single penny i spend on Diesel and my van gets put against tax.
 
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