Boston biglaw associates, do you pay for monthly parking and drive into the office? Or do you still ride the T?

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Pre-pandemic most people I knew took the T and/or commuter rail. Parking was way too $$$ (plus, traffic).

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I take the commuter rail into the office. Why you ask?

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That’s pretty pricey parking but you should be able to use pretax dollars for some of it. Ask the firm if they have a program, my firm will let you use pretax for parking or commuting costs.

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Usually doesn’t bc the tax incentive is usually to encourage public transit use but could be different there

Not sure where in back bay but the 100 Clarendon garage has a $25/day program which is nice if you’re not in office 5 days/wk

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It’s $21/day if you park on the roof.

Just curious to see if it’s common for associates to spend the 400-500 bucks for monthly parking. Commuter rail unfortunately isn’t much of an option for me because I commute from south of Boston and work in Back Bay. So I’d have to switch onto the green line from South Station which is a mess.

I’d say not common for people to pay for parking. Almost everyone I worked with used some form of transit. I used to take the commuter rail (either South Station or Back Bay) and walk to my office in Back Bay/Prudential.

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