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What would you do in this lame situation?

I really dislike traveling for work. For an objective view, you have to figure cost and time requirements for commuting. That could take a big chunk out of that 40% raise. Lets say it reduces that to a 25% raise objectively. We can then take in subjective factors. How much of a PITA is commuting? I hate it; you might be more tolerant. What is the new job near? If it's something cool for shopping or dinner, that could be a positive. So on, and so on...

I value free time, and convenience more than money. You might be different,
 
Move somewhere in between for both of you?

Get a private limo/plane to take you?

Suck it up and make the drive?
 
cuppkake said:
Move somewhere in between for both of you?

Get a private limo/plane to take you?

Suck it up and make the drive?
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NYers don't drive. No car.

IF I brought my car (from parents house in MA), I'd be paying $8 on GWB toll everyday + gas + insurance + 3 hours commute).
 
mnewsham said:
an hour and 15 mins is an "atrocious" commute?
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Yea it's an atrocious commute. If you're making $20 per hour on paper, driving 2.5 hours per day reduces that to $15.24 per hour, and that's time only. That doesn't include hard costs for traveling.
 
mnewsham said:
an hour and 15 mins is an "atrocious" commute?
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lol I have 90 minutes each way of solid traffic. It costs over $9 per day to get to work, and a majority of that is just blown out the back end with my car not moving. Avg speed on I-95 in sofla in the AM is something like 28mph. After 7pm I've gone back to the office for after-hours work, it was 24 minutes. Add that its blistering hot (95-98F) and sticky (73-79F dewpoint - aka 60-90% humidity). So much that AC doesn't work. Now THAT is a miserable commute.
 
Eli said:
It's certainly not a walk in the park, especially if it's 1:15 only under ideal conditions.
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Yeah but with public transit you can usually except in some pretty major situations manage it fine. It takes me an 1:10 to get to school every day, i know the bus schedules like clock work so i know when to leave and when i will get there. I am usually only 10 minutes early for class with the most being 5 minutes late.
 
lxskllr said:
Yea it's an atrocious commute. If you're making $20 per hour on paper, driving 2.5 hours per day reduces that to $15.24 per hour, and that's time only. That doesn't include hard costs for traveling.
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Lol, i wouldn't do it for 20 bucks an hour, 45 an hour i would, my mother does it for ~55 an hour, she drives two hours each way, but doesn't take a lunch break so she can leave earlier.
 
bobdole369 said:
lol I have 90 minutes each way of solid traffic. It costs over $9 per day to get to work, and a majority of that is just blown out the back end with my car not moving. Avg speed on I-95 in sofla in the AM is something like 28mph. After 7pm I've gone back to the office for after-hours work, it was 24 minutes. Add that its blistering hot (95-98F) and sticky (73-79F dewpoint - aka 60-90% humidity). So much that AC doesn't work. Now THAT is a miserable commute.
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Sooo.. because your 90 min commute is terrible, 75-80 mins isn't?
 
mnewsham said:
Lol, i wouldn't do it for 20 bucks an hour, 45 an hour i would, my mother does it for ~55 an hour, she drives two hours each way, but doesn't take a lunch break so she can leave earlier.
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Your mother's only making $27.75 per hour. Once you take traveling costs off that, it's even less.
 
Is 40% pay increase worth the fuel cost, extra time in the car, and aggravation?

Winter is right around the corner, I look for fuel cost to go up, driven by the demand for heating fuel.

If anything, move closer to your job.
 
lxskllr said:
Your mother's only making $27.75 per hour. Once you take traveling costs off that, it's even less.
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Yeah, wasting four hours of my day to a commute just wouldn't be okay.

When we move to Portland, my commute limit is going to be an hour. And that's just based on wasted time - commuting in my car is extremely cheap as long as it's open road.
 
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