Commute to potential engagement (interviewing with client) might be 2 hours each way. What are my options other than to suck it up?

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Get yourself staffed elsewhere

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Other options: man up, reinvent yourself as a barrista

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Suck it up. Charge the mileage.

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Never do this.

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Fuck no

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My commute is between 90 and 120 minutes depending on how many idiots decided to get in an accident on any given day. You will adapt. Get a few good podcasts and enjoy being employed. Never complain to anyone about it because they don't give a fuck. Unless your manager/director is super cool and they let you duck out early on certain days. Some days I do a 7 am to 3 PM to try to beat the worst of traffic. tl;dr deal with it

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Better to say you're needed elsewhere than to say you don't want to do it

Screw the interview! 😉

Given the layoffs, I'm nervous to

Hotel

Not an option d3

Sleep at a nearby hotel.

Not paying for that ish

Charge the client for it. I know my group has done it before. Just like someone who flies in each week. Pretty simple really.

Ask for a hotel.

Yeah - worked with someone similar and he would stay in a hotel. Would the client rather have four hours of your time to do work, or you commuting that time?

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