What is the longest commute anyone has had. I accepted a job offer and planning on a 2 hour one way commute. The pay is phenomenal and I’m use to 1.5 hour commutes regularly in NJ area.

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I write this sitting on the train on my 1:45 hr commute... money isn't everything, my friend.

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@BorgWarner there are some points to your critique of capitalism, but this really isn’t the place for them. Regardless of the level of your position, there will always be a time/money tradeoff. Different inflection points in your life can make the decisions around those tradeoffs go different ways, or make them more difficult, but there’s nothing inherently VP or executive-level about the dilemma described, nor was VP (in my opinion) entitled in their approach to the question.

This could just as easily be a question from a server at a suburban restaurant asking if it’s worth the better tips and longer hours to commute in to a more upscale restaurant in the city.

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This job requires a commitment of an extra 20 hours per week, which amounts to 1,040 hours a year, not to mention the added mileage and gas costs. It's crucial to evaluate if this time investment is worthwhile and to consider what other parts of your life might be impacted by this role. In the end, it boils down to personal comfort: some individuals enjoy driving and are fine with it, while others would not prefer it.

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Lived in LA and DC. The commutes were 1 hour in the morning, 2 hours at night…on a good day. At first it is fine. However, as the years add up I came to realize the cost of the commute in terms of quality of life for myself and my family

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I heard about the LA commutes. What is it? Is everything just very far from each other in LA or is the congestion just that bad?

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Wow I don't think I could do two hours. I had a one hour commute each way a few years ago and I absolutely hatted it. The drive home wasn't bad because it gave me time to decompress but I hated the drive in. There was almost always traffic.

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My longest commute was one hour / five days a week when I was starting out.
My commute now is 30 minutes / three days a week.
If you're married with kids, you're asking for a divorce at worst and straining your relationships at best.
Regardless of marital status, complete a thorough budget. See if the phenomenal pay allows you to retire days or decades earlier.
Justify the decision to the theorectical you ten years from now. If you can't, it's probably a bad decision.

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1.20 minutes - mostly because of the traffic in DMV area.

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I am sitting at a 1hr 40m to 2hr commute each way, so close to 4 hours total every day. I left a place I had been at for 14+ years for a 20% pay increase. I was considering moving, but I have too much going on for that. I keep an eye out for closer opportunities because this isn't my ideal work.

Not going to lie I'd did it..... BrogWarner is a company I truly am impressed by And obviously I love their products I'm kind of a car guy lol

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I can't reply to Intel Corp 1 but I second everything they said.

If you're young and can do it for a while to get more experience and to fatten your bank account, then later on comes the fruits of your labor, when you can take it a bit easier (and hopefully for even more phenomenal pay).

I will also say train and bus commutes are helpful for getting things done or audiobooks or IT training. If driving, maybe you can just do the audiobook thing.

I wish you the best of luck!

I travel up to 2 hours for a job before

I have known people who have lived in Idaho and worked in California. They would drive or fly out, stay for a few weeks in a studio apartment then go home for a time and do it all over again. Did that for years.

i work from home now, but at one previous job i commuted 140 miles each way, and another involved sitting on an airplane for 3 to 16 hours a week.

neither was something i would want to keep up forever, but both were worth it for the experience and the opportunities they opened up for me.

I was living in NY when the pandemic hit so we stayed with extended family in a neighboring state thinking we were going to wait it out. Was working hybrid during the whole pandemic (on-site 1 day a week) there was no one on the roads so my commute was an hour and fifteen minutes one way.
The return to work mandates came and my commute instantly turned into 2 and a half to 3 hours one way (depending on traffic/accidents). And I had to come in the whole work week. I loved the job but the commute took a huge toll on my mental health. I only lasted about 10 months doing that and then left since my family didn't want to come back to NY.
I've since then relocated to another part of the country and only drive 30 mins to work. My days of insanely long commutes are done!!!

The longest commute I had was when working outsourcing QA. On average it was 2 hours door to door each way. The company paid for travel time and tickets cost, and I was normally travelling against the flow, so I had an empty train for myself. The main plus was that I was doing a masters online, so essentially I was paid to study 20 hours per week and quite happy as a consequence. Colleagues who did not have somethign to do were generally unhappy with the long commuting hours.
Nowadays I learned solfeggio, so on long commutes I practise musical improvvisation (keeping it quite of course, fellow passengers do not hear much), so again hours well spent with no distraction.
Without something productive and non work related thing to do I would hate commuting though.

Thats half a working day just traveling…. Not counting the actual working hours.

After finishing my nightshift job in NYC at 8:00 am I hopped onto an Amtrak to Boston and attended grad school from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. I stayed in Boston for two days (at hostels), then returned to NYC to work from Saturday 8:00 pm again. I did this for a few years, eventually graduating.

Commute 2 hours and TC: 50K

I would say you’re having it easy

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