20k Annual Commute

[TW]Fox;17864890 said:
Lets not derail this thread by feeding MikeHiow's fantasy life stories again. By now we all know that we cant tell the difference between what he says thats true and what he says that he made up to suit whatever he's talking about on the internet, so lets move on.
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See that right there is the internet version of a clip round the ear :D
 
For me commuting is not about distance but time. I did a run into cambridge from just over 10 miles out and it would take me an hour most days to get home.

I do Cambridge to Luton in the same time and despite being 5 times the distance is a much more comfortable driver/route. Pretty much a constant 60-65mph all the way.
 
I guess it's becuase in my 'professional' career I've not known it any different, but am surprised at the commuting hatred on here :)

NowI know it's obvious that if you could everyone would have no commute at all, whilst people who work from home etc do for the most it's not possible.

Am looking to move jobs and have seen one that's Plymouth based, which is a bit more of a poo journey than where I go now but it'll be necessary to forward the career.
 
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[TW]Fox;17865193 said:
Surely cost plays a big part. 300 quid a month extra on commuting costs is like earning 5k or so a year less before tax...
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Absolutely, costs rapidly add up - my commute is costing me around £440 a month at the moment and I wouldn't have wanted to take the job without an agreement that this cost would be covered, in one way or another.
 
[TW]Fox;17865193 said:
Surely cost plays a big part. 300 quid a month extra on commuting costs is like earning 5k or so a year less before tax...
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But that is why most people do it, for the money :)

In Torbay I'd be lucky to earn even half what I do now working up the road in Exeter.

Plymouth job would be less money, but a necessary evil under circumstances and will be better long term for progression in an area I want to be working in.

And like I said it's all about compromise, some people don't want to move to certain areas just because that's where the job is. So they have to suffer the commute as a consequence.
 
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I think Im still in free petrol land for my first 10k anyway as the 40p mile covers my fuel when you consider 21% corp tax reduction making it 8p/mile. When I was at Rolls Royce on a permie job I was doing 65miles a day that would bite a bit at £50 a week in a typical car.
 
Jonnycoupe said:
Normal office hours of what? 40 hours? A full weeks worth of work.

Yet 10 hours in a car (25% of your week added ontop) is 'nothing'?

Yeah whatever. :o
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I generally do 8-4 ish. Leaving at 7am and getting in the door at 5pm is hardly beyond the call of duty, is it? An hour each side of office hours for your journey really is not a hardship.
 
Jez said:
I generally do 8-4 ish. Leaving at 7am and getting in the door at 5pm is hardly beyond the call of duty, is it? An hour each side of office hours for your journey really is not a hardship.
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Thats 2 hours

Whether or not that extra 90 minutes or so you would have over a smaller 15 minute commute will probably depend on your family and who you go home to.

If you go home to a young child, thats extra time you can spend with them before they go to bed.

Wheras if you're going home to an empty house because you live on your own, i probably wouldnt matter. It never did before i had a wife & child.
 
Depending on what shfits my wife works generally I'm out the door between 7/7.30 and home between 17:30/18:00.

To me that's just a normal working day so don't really know any different.

Can understand that having kids to go home too would change things a little, but still sometimes there's not a lot you can do about it!
 
DiamondMark said:
I used to stay out later to avoid going home :D
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See that's what I thought people with kids did :p

A chap here has had a baby recently, he's also working later than he did before. Even said the other day he was thinking about going early, then said actually I'll stay as it's quieter :)
 
Ev0 said:
See that's what I thought people with kids did :p

A chap here has had a baby recently, he's also working later than he did before. Even said the other day he was thinking about going early, then said actually I'll stay as it's quieter :)
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Probably thinking about the money. Babies aren't cheap and things get harder when mothers wages drop significantly while on maternity!
 
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