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cesium-sandwich t1_itl4p4f wrote

Reply to comment by UltravioletClearance in Remote work has changed everything. And it's still getting weirder by prehistoric_knight

It's amazing how much better rested I feel after not having a 4 hour commute each day!

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typing t1_itlhurz wrote

4 hours? 2 hours each way? Man, did you move and not find a new job or happen to live in some really remote location? I would not take a 2 hour commute each way.

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UltravioletClearance t1_itlorez wrote

That's what happens to cities that add tens of thousands of new jobs then blocks the construction of housing for said new workers. You can't afford a home within 30 miles of Boston on the median household income of the city. So everyone lives 30 miles away and clogs highways, causing that 30 mile commute to turn into a 2 hour drive. Except upper management who can afford a $600k condo next to the office building, and are completely bewildered at why their employees hate their commutes.

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paceminterris t1_itnj28t wrote

Bro, upper management isn't living in 600k condos, try 800k-1million. Either that or they're living in a single family home very close-by that goes for like 3mil.

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_catkin_ t1_itoxxy5 wrote

Commuter railways into Boston would help, surely. Americans are mental.

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kor_the_fiend t1_itnelwa wrote

Boston has good public transit though so that helps

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greatkat1 t1_itnnktu wrote

As someone who lives in Boston that’s more true in theory and less in practice - the transit here is literally and figuratively a dumpster fire

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ShakotanUrchin t1_ito8gsq wrote

Where is this good public transit of which you speak? Living in Boston suburbs vs NJ/CT commuting to NYC is like night and day

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cesium-sandwich t1_itlv3q8 wrote

Pretty standard in the bay area if you don't want to live near an office park. It was also a reaally good job. But working from home making the same money is waaaay better.

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wild_bill70 t1_itmgdjo wrote

It sneaks up on you. I left a job that was only about 35 to 45 min total each way. Mostly by bus and was near bus station. New job paid $40k more a year in base and bonus and I eventually cashed out about $125k in stock over 3 1/2 years. Started with about same commute time but all driving. Was not hard driving. Then management pulled the trigger on getting everyone to the same place. Took a while but eventually we were in new building. Was spending 1 1/2 hours each way driving/bus/train/walk. Did that until covid. Drove both ways when we got called back. Finally matched my pay with a full remote job. But I couldn’t for a long time just walk away from the unvested stock and base pay/bonus. They do t call them golden handcuffs for nothing.

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treletraj t1_itmuzzk wrote

Pretty common here, to be honest. my wife only goes in once per week now but it’s been a 2 hr commute fro the last 15 years she’s worked there. we both have colleagues that have similar commutes. Northern California. some people actually enjoy sitting in the car for a long time and listening to music and news and not being bothered by family, work, dogs, or children. I am not one of those people, I’ve like to get where I’m going quickly and get the hell out of the car.

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Tex-Rob t1_itmnj37 wrote

When I was in the Air Force, stationed at the Pentagon, there was a TSGT that drove from Phily to the Pentagon each day and back. He did that all in a turbo diesel Ram.

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MarylandHusker t1_itnpayd wrote

I lived 14 miles from my office and my commute would often be about 45 minutes in the morning if I planned to get in just a bit after 9, commute home was easily 90 minutes most days. Sometimes I’d stay till 7:30-8 and be lucky to get home in an hour. And that’s all in DC suburbs. Don’t ask me how bad the commute was when I was saving up money living at home 45 miles away.

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