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Hi, I've been offered a new job opportunity today, but it would make me drive at least 2 hours a day, since it is about 100 km far from where I live, and moving closer is not an option. The job is very tempting, but I am not sure about spending so much time in a car. I already drive about 1h30 a day, but 30 minutes more seem to me like ages. What would you guys do ? Do you think I will get used to it ? ~RaGE();
Don't do it - all that commuting will suck the life out of you and you'll end up stressed 5 days a week which could take years off your life. If you want the job that badly, move closer, else give it a miss, as other opportunities are sure to arise. Just my 2c.
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Hi, I've been offered a new job opportunity today, but it would make me drive at least 2 hours a day, since it is about 100 km far from where I live, and moving closer is not an option. The job is very tempting, but I am not sure about spending so much time in a car. I already drive about 1h30 a day, but 30 minutes more seem to me like ages. What would you guys do ? Do you think I will get used to it ? ~RaGE();
If you are used to 1h30 a day I would say 2 hours would be ok (for you)...but: it takes me 20 minutes on my bike, 10 minutes by car to get to work each day. 2 hours seems insane to me, unless there were telecommuting options I would stay well away. That's 4 hours of your life, every day, sat in a car. :omg:
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Hi, I've been offered a new job opportunity today, but it would make me drive at least 2 hours a day, since it is about 100 km far from where I live, and moving closer is not an option. The job is very tempting, but I am not sure about spending so much time in a car. I already drive about 1h30 a day, but 30 minutes more seem to me like ages. What would you guys do ? Do you think I will get used to it ? ~RaGE();
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2 Hours??? Each way??? So, let's say you start work at 0900. You need to leave home by 0700 which means, to have time for a shower and a coffee, you need to be up by 0630. You have an 8 hour day plus an hour for lunch so you leave work at 1800. You don't get home until 2000 (on a good day). By the time you come in and open & deal with the post, your family, the dog and sort out the daily bits that need to be sorted out it's around 2045. Now you need to eat. You're done and washed up by 2130 even if you have someone to make it for you. You sit down and spend some more time with your family hoping that they remember who you are and noting that you only see your (young) children at the weekend: bit like being a part-time or absent parent. 2230: knackered so a final check of the email, kiss your loved ones goodnight and off to bed. Welcome to your world - the job takes around 13 hours out of your day. Say you sleep 8 hours that is 21 hours. That gives you 3 hours of life a day. No job is worth giving up your life for: remember work to live not live to work. home
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2 Hours??? Each way??? So, let's say you start work at 0900. You need to leave home by 0700 which means, to have time for a shower and a coffee, you need to be up by 0630. You have an 8 hour day plus an hour for lunch so you leave work at 1800. You don't get home until 2000 (on a good day). By the time you come in and open & deal with the post, your family, the dog and sort out the daily bits that need to be sorted out it's around 2045. Now you need to eat. You're done and washed up by 2130 even if you have someone to make it for you. You sit down and spend some more time with your family hoping that they remember who you are and noting that you only see your (young) children at the weekend: bit like being a part-time or absent parent. 2230: knackered so a final check of the email, kiss your loved ones goodnight and off to bed. Welcome to your world - the job takes around 13 hours out of your day. Say you sleep 8 hours that is 21 hours. That gives you 3 hours of life a day. No job is worth giving up your life for: remember work to live not live to work. home
bookmarks You can ignore relatives but the neighbours live next doordigital man wrote:
2 Hours??? Each way???
Well, no, 2 hours each _day_, making it one hour a way. According to your description, it could add up 2 hours to my life, which is still acceptable. However, I have already made the same calculation, that's what I am in doubt right now.
digital man wrote:
No job is worth giving up your life for: remember work to live not live to work.
Yeah I know that, and totally agree. I just wonder why you have emoticoned your message as a joke, I think what you said made plenty of sense. ~RaGE();
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see you can make money on the street , you would be spending 4 hours on the road. you can carry passengers and make money also you can chit chat with them. 100 km in 2 hours.. ferrari guys .. are you listening?? hidden talent is here ;) wierd.. 4 hours daily ppatel
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What about commuting by train ? Would that make a difference ? regards, Darka [Xanya]
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Rage wrote:
about 100 km far from where I live
100 km away and only 2 hours driving a day :wtf: There's no traffic or anything on the roads ?
The statement below is true.
The statement above is false.That averages 50 kmh - I'd expect to cover 100km in about an hour in good traffic and an hour and a half in bad.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." --Charles Babbage (1791-1871) My: Website | Blog
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Hi, I've been offered a new job opportunity today, but it would make me drive at least 2 hours a day, since it is about 100 km far from where I live, and moving closer is not an option. The job is very tempting, but I am not sure about spending so much time in a car. I already drive about 1h30 a day, but 30 minutes more seem to me like ages. What would you guys do ? Do you think I will get used to it ? ~RaGE();
Do you have a wife and kids? regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Rage wrote:
about 100 km far from where I live
100 km away and only 2 hours driving a day :wtf: There's no traffic or anything on the roads ?
The statement below is true.
The statement above is false.Monty2 wrote:
There's no traffic or anything on the roads
True, this is without traffic at all, by sunny wheather. No chance if I get stuck in the traffic because of icy roads in the winter. It is mostly highway, in Germany, where you can drive 120km/h without any problem (there is no speed limit, you may drive 200km/h if you want), which makes it possible to drive 100km in one hour. ~RaGE();
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Do you have a wife and kids? regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
Paul Watson wrote:
Do you have a wife and kids?
I'll have a wife in two months, still my girlfriend up to then. Kids will be coming soon as well (if everything goes well). To anticipate your probable next question, she is not full of joy with it, but she does not disagree, she says I'll be driving, and I have to see if I can make it. ~RaGE();
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That averages 50 kmh - I'd expect to cover 100km in about an hour in good traffic and an hour and a half in bad.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." --Charles Babbage (1791-1871) My: Website | Blog
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Well I spent an hour and fifteen minuts driving less than 10km this morning, if you can do a 100km commute in hour. I would say go for it, next time I see the traffic backed up like this I am taking the bus. Dublin city council's traffic camera service Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch -- modified at 4:18 Thursday 18th May, 2006
Ray Kinsella wrote:
Well I spent an hour and fifteen minuts driving less than 10km this morning
:wtf: This is insane, I would not have such patience. Nothing against driving far, but waiting in the car... Why don't you ride your bicycle ? 10 km is not that much, could be achieved in less than an hour. ~RaGE();
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Paul Watson wrote:
Do you have a wife and kids?
I'll have a wife in two months, still my girlfriend up to then. Kids will be coming soon as well (if everything goes well). To anticipate your probable next question, she is not full of joy with it, but she does not disagree, she says I'll be driving, and I have to see if I can make it. ~RaGE();
I'd say that would be tough on a new marriage, leaving early in the morning and arriving home late at night. Then again if the job is one that will make you happy then there is that positive to the relationship to consider. Why isn't moving closer an option? Would it move your fiance away from her job so making her commute longer? And congratulations on the pending wedding :) regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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2 Hours??? Each way??? So, let's say you start work at 0900. You need to leave home by 0700 which means, to have time for a shower and a coffee, you need to be up by 0630. You have an 8 hour day plus an hour for lunch so you leave work at 1800. You don't get home until 2000 (on a good day). By the time you come in and open & deal with the post, your family, the dog and sort out the daily bits that need to be sorted out it's around 2045. Now you need to eat. You're done and washed up by 2130 even if you have someone to make it for you. You sit down and spend some more time with your family hoping that they remember who you are and noting that you only see your (young) children at the weekend: bit like being a part-time or absent parent. 2230: knackered so a final check of the email, kiss your loved ones goodnight and off to bed. Welcome to your world - the job takes around 13 hours out of your day. Say you sleep 8 hours that is 21 hours. That gives you 3 hours of life a day. No job is worth giving up your life for: remember work to live not live to work. home
bookmarks You can ignore relatives but the neighbours live next doorAs per his statment, It seems he's just making an extra 15 min to reach the office. For this you think he should leave what he calls a "tempting offer" ??
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Hi, I've been offered a new job opportunity today, but it would make me drive at least 2 hours a day, since it is about 100 km far from where I live, and moving closer is not an option. The job is very tempting, but I am not sure about spending so much time in a car. I already drive about 1h30 a day, but 30 minutes more seem to me like ages. What would you guys do ? Do you think I will get used to it ? ~RaGE();
It totally depends on two things. 1 - what is your family situation ? 2 - how good ( apart from the money ) is the job ? If you have a family that hopes to see you, you need to take that into account. If the only good thing is the money, it's not worth having your soul sucked out for. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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digital man wrote:
2 Hours??? Each way???
Well, no, 2 hours each _day_, making it one hour a way. According to your description, it could add up 2 hours to my life, which is still acceptable. However, I have already made the same calculation, that's what I am in doubt right now.
digital man wrote:
No job is worth giving up your life for: remember work to live not live to work.
Yeah I know that, and totally agree. I just wonder why you have emoticoned your message as a joke, I think what you said made plenty of sense. ~RaGE();
Oh... 1 hour each way. That's not so bad. I used to sit in traffic for one and a half to two hour each way. That was to a job only 40kms away. Since then I got a new job that's 70kms away but I work better hours so I miss the traffic. It only takes me about 45 minutes each way now. You can get use to one hour each way. Is the pay more and the work better?
"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come." I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth foregoing just for an extra three years in a geriatric ward.
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Ray Kinsella wrote:
Well I spent an hour and fifteen minuts driving less than 10km this morning
:wtf: This is insane, I would not have such patience. Nothing against driving far, but waiting in the car... Why don't you ride your bicycle ? 10 km is not that much, could be achieved in less than an hour. ~RaGE();
Need the car unfortunately ... probabily could have done without it today but! Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
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I'd say that would be tough on a new marriage, leaving early in the morning and arriving home late at night. Then again if the job is one that will make you happy then there is that positive to the relationship to consider. Why isn't moving closer an option? Would it move your fiance away from her job so making her commute longer? And congratulations on the pending wedding :) regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
Paul Watson wrote:
And congratulations on the pending wedding
Thanks Paul!
Paul Watson wrote:
Why isn't moving closer an option? Would it move your fiance away from her job so making her commute longer?
Yes, that's it more or less. It would also move her away from her familiy (even if it is only a few kilometers), and for some private reasons which I completely agree with, she needs to stay in a closer area. ~RaGE();
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Ray Kinsella wrote:
Well I spent an hour and fifteen minuts driving less than 10km this morning
:wtf: This is insane, I would not have such patience. Nothing against driving far, but waiting in the car... Why don't you ride your bicycle ? 10 km is not that much, could be achieved in less than an hour. ~RaGE();
Rage wrote:
Why don't you ride your bicycle ? 10 km is not that much, could be achieved in less than an hour.
Heck, I can leisurely jog 10km in less than an hour! :)
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
