60-70 miles a day

[n8hegr8]

i forgot to add i will no longer have a supervisor, no more micromanaging. ill be my own supervisor.
there are about as many pros as there are cons about the situation.

 

[n8hegr8]

"County", Utah County is a collection of insane drivers: another factor is that ten times more freeway blockages occur in Utah County than in Salt Lake County: I did this unscientific "study", in situ, as it were, during the year that I was an airport shuttle driver: ten times more "incidents" with slow to stop and go traffic on I-15 in Utah County than in Salt Lake County. Not only do they drive well above the speed limit down there, they also slow down to merge (no doubt causing a lot of those traffic snarls). But the new freeway has helped somewhat in these matters.

yep, my bad, "County" lol.

 

[Deviate]

i forgot to add i will no longer have a supervisor, no more micromanaging. ill be my own supervisor.
there are about as many pros as there are cons about the situation.

Well that just means you can slack off and yell at yourself. Hahaha! 30min really isn't that bad. My 25 miles takes me 45+ both directions during the week. And its worse in season. Guess im just used to it. Gives me time to prep on the way in and decompress on the way home.

 

[n8hegr8]

Well that just means you can slack off and yell at yourself. Hahaha! 30min really isn't that bad. My 25 miles takes me 45+ both directions during the week. And its worse in season. Guess im just used to it. Gives me time to prep on the way in and decompress on the way home.

exactly, prep and decompress...i like driving anyway. its good for the mind.

 

[JSolo]

i went to the interview yesterday. took exactly 30 mintues to drive there in heavy traffic, it was 30 miles. i got 30 mpg in eco mode.

30 min to travel 30 miles means you were going 60 mph. That's pretty good in heavy traffic. Out here, it can take 30 min to go 5 miles.

 

[vipeboy2000]

yea! not bad! sometimes it takes almost 20 min just to get out of my neighborhood to the interstate....

 

[Hiryuu]

It's definitely a long commute, but if you have better work life balance, are being promoted, getting more pay, etc - could be worth it.

I personally commute 58 miles to work once or twice a week, though it takes me more like an hour during rush hour (~35 without traffic). It's manageable, but would be tough to do five days a week.

 

[n8hegr8]

got a job offer letter, declined it. was a joke.(meaning it was not worth my time and they must be outta their minds)

 

[NIU_Huskies]

I'd say it depends on your commuting location and if this is a dream job or a job worth a worse work-life balance.

If you're commuting that in DC/LA/NYC area then you're going to despise it. If you're commuting in a less populated area and you can drive 35 miles in 40 mins then not as bad. I did 35 miles each way in DC area traffic and my commute was 1.5 hrs each way and miserable after 2.5 years.

 

[Hiryuu]

got a job offer letter, declined it. was a joke.

Dodged a bullet then!

 

[stoopid]

got a job offer letter, declined it. was a joke.(meaning it was not worth my time and they must be outta their minds)

Did you at least counter? I mean, the offer is negotiable but I understand why just rejecting and moving on is also a valid response [if they're so far off it's scary, then getting them to concede to a lot more might have me looking over my shoulder the entire time I'm employed].

 

[turboAWD]

Depends on how stressful the driving is. I used to commute from my hometown to the metropolis about an hour away a few times in my life. First, for internships, when I had to be there at ~9:00, and driving in traffic, it was 1.5+ hours each way with a ton of stop-and-go. My first car - '84 Jetta GLI, 5-speed with no A/C in one of the hotter summers that decade. 3+ hours home one Friday.

Much later, I had a job in a different part of the same city, but with a startup, and I was able to set my own hours, so I'd leave around 11:00 am, go home around midnight (was still single at this point) and it was an easy 60-65 minute cruise at 80-90 mph (and still getting passed left and right by pickups). Of course, gas was cheaper then, I didn't have a family, etc. Edit: those two commutes weren't even remotely comparable in terms of mental toll.

These days, I'm taking express lanes to cut a 45-60 minute 20-mile trip down to 25-30 minutes, because stop-and-go is tiring (especially these days - seems like the average driver is way more distracted / worse than 20-30 years ago and there are more of them!), and I have a family, etc.

So, how tough the commute is also matters, IMHO. 45 easy minutes where you can relax, listen to some tunes and basically cruise is better than 15-20 minutes of ***holes cutting you off every chance they get.

 

[n8hegr8]

"45 easy minutes where you can relax, listen to some tunes and basically cruise is better than 15-20 minutes of ***holes cutting you off every chance they get."

exactly. i was looking forward to getting to drive my stinger more, but there was so much traffic i eventually would've had some sort of incident. plus, the offer was way low, i would have been paying to go to work.

 

[n8hegr8]

i appreciate everyone's feedback. thank you. we can close this thread or delete if theres a way.

 

[ScottM]

i forgot to add i will no longer have a supervisor, no more micromanaging. ill be my own supervisor.
there are about as many pros as there are cons about the situation.

exactly. i was looking forward to getting to drive my stinger more, but there was so much traffic i eventually would've had some sort of incident. plus, the offer was way low, i would have been paying to go to work.

But you'd be your own boss! Get in and then give yourself a well deserved raise!! Easy peasy!!!