How far do you travel to get to work and back?

BrookieD

Hi All,
I was made redundant a in March 2011, Bummer but such is life, On my many hours looking for new work i have been given calls on jobs that require a mad amount of commuting.
I live in Ashbourne and some jobs are in Cork and Galway.


I have a decent car, 08 Civic Hybrid so running cost would not be too bad but time wise, its long time in a car?

So my questions is how far would you be willing to travel for employment?

j4vier

i wouldnt even last a week commuting from dublin to cork or galway every morning and back, to me it sounds insane

for galway ur talking 2.5 hrs, for cork around 3-3.5
not to mention that with petrol,costs of running the car, tolls etc
it must be a seriously good job to go there
i actually think it would be cheaper to rent a place

for me id say 30-45 mins max

BrookieD

well the salary is between 80-100k PA

Having driven to cork i did it in 2 1/2 hours on the new roads.
Galway 2 hours or so. still a slog but for the salary i might suffer it

j4vier

were u sticking to the speed limit?

seriously the money is good, but driving constantly that distance especially if you have to be in at a specific time , would drive a lot of people mad

u can always go for it, try it for a while factoring in all the costs as its hard to say before you have done it , not just economical but also mental

Remouad

The best solution if you can do it is move to where the job is.

If that is not an option what you might be better off doing is renting a small place where the job is and going home at the weekends.

Even with a hybrid 5 hours driving per day is going to add up in petrol and wear and tear on the car. So renting would be cheaper and would make life a lot easier.

Perhaps you could arrange it with your prospective employers to do 4 days on 3 days off

krissovo

Dont do it, its a serious compromise for the work/life balance and you will soon be sick of it. I did it the other way for while and it soon drove me bananas. That was even with Monday and Friday in the home office.

You would be better off commuting to London/Paris/Brussels etc due to less travel time. As said its works out cheaper to rent a small flat or even better you would be the ideal flat share candidate which I did and got a decent discount as I was not there at weekends.

My commute is now about a minute using my feet The time it takes to get from the bedroom to my office room.

j4vier

j4vier wrote: »

i wouldnt even last a week commuting from dublin to cork or galway every morning and back, to me it sounds insane

for galway ur talking 2.5 hrs, for cork around 3-3.5
not to mention that with petrol,costs of running the car, tolls etc
it must be a seriously good job to go there
i actually think it would be cheaper to rent a place

for me id say 30-45 mins max

God you have it easy if 30-45 mins max is what you would put up with. 1hr 15mins each way each day I travel. Doesn't bother me you get into a routine. I think Galway you could easily manage in 2hrs which would be my limit.

murphym7

I would not be able to manage more than 60 minutes each way to be honest. I work long hours anyway, I could not imagine finishing at 6:30 or 7:00 and have to face a drive of a couple of hours - I would shoot myself.

A few lads working here, live in Limerick and work in Cork - they drive every day. They don't mind it too much, though they are all out of the office by 5pm - they also car pool.

celticbest

It not always about distance it is more about the time taking to complete your commute.

I live in Swords & commute to Ballymount everyday, a few years ago before the M50 & M1 upgrades my journey usually took me the best part of 1 and a half hours & on a bad day it could stretch out to 2 hours. It now take me 35 to 40 mins to travel the 35 km's.

samhail

I have a 30-40min commute too. think that would be enough for me... though i am a consultant so i could be told to report into the centre of dublin which means back to buses.

one of the guys that works with us lives in Cork, and drives up on the Monday morning i think, or sun night and stayed with his sister (last i heard), and goes back down on friday night.

all about compromise as was mentioned.

ButcherOfNog

You could look to find a good b&b or small hotel and not drive every night, stay over one or two nights a week. For regular custom, you'll probably get a good deal.

I did drive 1h 20mins each way to work for a year, didn't find it that big a deal, having cruise control and a comfortable car that could overtake easily really helped.