Whats your commute to work like?

daragh_ · 23-04-2019 5:13pm

Bob the Builder wrote: »

1hr 45mins from Blackrock, Dublin to Citywest each way by public transport

~30/35mins each way if I have the car.

Deansgrange to Citywest by bike. 20k approx. 45mins to an Hour depending on traffic volume, wind direction and how motivated I'm feeling.

amcalester · 23-04-2019 5:32pm

daragh_ wrote: »

Deansgrange to Citywest by bike. 20k approx. 45mins to an Hour depending on traffic volume, wind direction and how motivated I'm feeling.

I did that for a few years. it was always a headwind, every freaking day.

Mint Sauce · 23-04-2019 6:08pm

About a ten minutes Drive. If I am on the later start, it could be 20 minutes.

About the same home.

mloc123 · 23-04-2019 6:18pm

Walk from bedroom to home office... 10 seconds.

HalloweenJack · 23-04-2019 6:24pm

Ten minute walk. The stuff dreams are made of.

Tell me how · 23-04-2019 6:29pm

For all those talking about 3-15 minute walk from home, do you find that if work is stressful, that it annoys you being so close to it?

I think 15-20 minutes is practically required in terms of getting your head cleared after the day but if I was going out for a walk on a saturday morning and saw the door of the office around the corner, I think it would tick me off if I wasn't feeling too positive about my job.

Galwayguy35 · 23-04-2019 6:39pm

45 mins each way.

Lucky I don't work in the city or you could be adding on 2 hours to the journey.

thomil · 23-04-2019 6:47pm

From apartment door to desk, it's about a 90 second walk at the moment, and yes, that includes the elevator ride.
That'll change come May 6th, when It'll be a 20-30 minute bus ride, depending on the traffic and suicidal tendencies of the bus driver, but nothing as bad as the 90 minutes each way I had to deal with in Germany.

Gimme A Pound · 23-04-2019 6:51pm

About 12 minutes' drive each way. Any time I get pissed off about my job, I remember that.

DoozerT6 · 23-04-2019 7:12pm

About 30-35 mins in the morning, can be an hour, or just over, in the evenings.

Personally I don't think I'd like to live TOO close to work (work-from-home excepted). I'd feel like I was an easy target to be called to come in and cover a shift, or be expected to struggle in through snow or bad weather because I only live 3 minutes away sure, etc. A little distance can be a grand thing

DundalkDuffman · 23-04-2019 7:18pm

90 seconds each way, 4 times a day as I come home for my lunch hour. Not an accident, paid highly for a house right by my work and at the worst time but overall I still think it's worth it reading what other people have to go through daily.

devlinio · 23-04-2019 11:55pm

Tell me how wrote: »

For all those talking about 3-15 minute walk from home, do you find that if work is stressful, that it annoys you being so close to it?

I think 15-20 minutes is practically required in terms of getting your head cleared after the day but if I was going out for a walk on a saturday morning and saw the door of the office around the corner, I think it would tick me off if I wasn't feeling too positive about my job.

There was a guy in my old job who lived next door to the office. This wasn't planned, the office moved and it was coincidental.

The manager expected him to stay late as he didn't have a commute home. He was probably the bigger fool, as we did stay. He had him in until 10 PM one night to meet a deadline, and he was expected to be me one hour later than usual the next morning.

MadYaker · 23-04-2019 11:57pm

10 minute drive or about 20 minunte cycle depending on the weather or how lazy / tired / energetic I am. I cycle more often than I drive though. I used to be over an hour drive there and back and it was soul destroying. Honestly my quality of life has improved since I spend less time commuting

andekwarhola · 24-04-2019 1:25am

25 minutes drive each way.

Badly Drunk Boy · 24-04-2019 4:27am

devlinio wrote: »

There was a guy in my old job who lived next door to the office. This wasn't planned, the office moved and it was coincidental.

The manager expected him to stay late as he didn't have a commute home. He was probably the bigger fool, as we did stay. He had him in until 10 PM one night to meet a deadline, and he was expected to be me one hour later than usual the next morning.

That's ridiculous, but as you said, he was the bigger fool. It's nice to be in a position to do a little extra if it's needed (and in exceptional circumstances) but it shouldn't be expected just because you live nearby.

24-04-2019 4:29am

Hmm, all these posts talking about home office's is making me think maybe I should do that when I move later this year.

Do any of ye share a home office with your partner who also works from home? Or would two separate ones be better?

BeerWolf · 24-04-2019 4:30am

A 20 minute drive to work at the Airport, with the occasional farming Tractor or city folk hogging up the width of the road cycling.

woodchuck · 24-04-2019 9:16am

About an 1hr in the morning door to door with approximately 30-40 minutes of that on the bus. The rest is walking to and from bus stops.

I've started walking home most evenings, which takes about 65-70 minutes. It's often quicker than getting the bus, as there can be stupidly long gaps between the buses in the evening. I also save a little money and get decent enough exercise.

cherryghost · 24-04-2019 9:42am

Deleted User wrote: »

Hmm, all these posts talking about home office's is making me think maybe I should do that when I move later this year.

Do any of ye share a home office with your partner who also works from home? Or would two separate ones be better?

If you need to constantly be on phones/meetings, then it doesn't really work.

blackwhite · 24-04-2019 10:44am

30 min cycle each way - about 10km but quite a few major road crossings slow it down. Wife works nearby and the drive is 40-45 min in the mornings

Only started here in last 4 months. Previous job was 75km commute, and took approx 60-75 min each way in the car, depending on M50 traffic.

Location, and being able to cycle, were a factor in deciding to change jobs TBH

jimgoose · 24-04-2019 10:46am

About fifteen minutes each way. I pop home for lunch most days.

Raoul · 24-04-2019 10:49am

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

That's ridiculous, but as you said, he was the bigger fool. It's nice to be in a position to do a little extra if it's needed (and in exceptional circumstances) but it shouldn't be expected just because you live nearby.

I recently moved to within 15 min of work. My boss said to me yesterday, "at least you live closer now you will be able to work longer in the evenings".

Some people are ridiculous.

Badly Drunk Boy · 24-04-2019 11:09am

Raoul wrote: »

I recently moved to within 15 min of work. My boss said to me yesterday, "at least you live closer now you will be able to work longer in the evenings".

Some people are ridiculous.

To which you could have said "At least now I'll be able to go to the gym/visit friends/have a life.".

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 24-04-2019 11:15am

Finglas to Sandyford on the m50, half hour each way, 7am in, 4pm out

OR

Bus-Luas takes about an hour door to door in the morning (40E to Broombridge, Luas to Central Park), I don't go that way home because the days I don't take the car I'd be going to the pub after work.

Grayson · 24-04-2019 11:54am

Deleted User wrote: »

Hmm, all these posts talking about home office's is making me think maybe I should do that when I move later this year.

Do any of ye share a home office with your partner who also works from home? Or would two separate ones be better?

I don't have a partner but I do work for home occasionally. I also don't have a separate room for the office. I live in a small apartment. So I find that working from home can be very distracting for me.

Weirdly I've found the best way to get work done is to embrace the distraction. I work for an hour, then hop on the xbox for 15 minutes and play some fast paced game. Then I return to work. By playing those games I seem to get the distraction out of my system and I can focus better on work.

Honestly though, having to work from home everyday would drive me insane. I need to go to the office occasionally.

My current commute is just less than an hour to get to work. 10 minute walk to bus. 45 minutes on the bus and then 5 minutes to the office. Going home the bus can take an hour and 15 minutes.

I'd love to live closer but I work in smithfield so there's no way I could afford to live within 10 minutes of work.

Aisling(",) · 24-04-2019 12:10pm

It takes me about 45 minutes both ways.I don't mind 99% of the time I get a seat on the bus and watch something on netflix or listen to a podcast.

oLoonatic · 24-04-2019 12:13pm

40 minute cycle each way. or twice that by bus!! public transport is very poor in this country.

whippet · 24-04-2019 12:15pm

About 10 seconds from kitchen to home office upstairs

PandaPoo · 24-04-2019 12:23pm

2 buses, takes around an hour. Doesn't really bother me that much

PauloMN · 24-04-2019 12:26pm

Raoul wrote: »

I recently moved to within 15 min of work. My boss said to me yesterday, "at least you live closer now you will be able to work longer in the evenings".

Some people are ridiculous.

More than that, some people are c**ts.

Raoul · 24-04-2019 1:35pm

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

To which you could have said "At least now I'll be able to go to the gym/visit friends/have a life.".

I just said "ah yeah

"

RayCun · 24-04-2019 1:37pm

Grayson wrote: »

I'd love to live closer but I work in smithfield so there's no way I could afford to live within 10 minutes of work.

could move somewhere that's on the LUAS. Its about 15 minutes on the LUAS from Drimnagh to Smithfield, for example.

KilOit · 24-04-2019 1:58pm

15 min cycle. Was number 1 preference when buying the house. Think people are finally coming around to it. 5+hours in a car a week is not a good life

arybvtcw0eolkf · 24-04-2019 6:06pm

Portmarnock to Phoenix Park.

I mix it up with cycling or a motorbike.

By bicycle I've a 40+km per day, but I love cycling.

On the motorbike its less than 30 minutes via the M50. But it can be a nightmare depending on how many crashes happen on a particular morning (I sometimes wonder if the M50 can count its accident free days per year on one hand).

I've a car but there's no way I'd take that on the M50 mid week, not a hope.

This has been done to death at this stage.

First time I've seen it.

SaltSweatSugar · 25-04-2019 4:10am

Roughly 30 minute drive each way, 25 on a good day. I have two routes that I can take; one motorway and one old road but there isn’t a whole lot of difference in the two. I’m lucky that the hours I’d be starting/finishing work aren’t near rush hour. I could get a bus, but the timetable wouldn’t link up to my starting/finishing hours very well.

Manic Moran · 25-04-2019 4:40am

For the first time in 20 years, I have a commute which is less than an hour. Be it from Clonskeagh to Blanchardstown, or Dublin to Emeryville, an hour at the short end, up to two hours if there's slightly worse than usual traffic.
A year ago last week, I changed to working from home. So my commute is bedroom to kitchen (for coffee) to home office.

daragh_ · 25-04-2019 11:17am

amcalester wrote: »

I did that for a few years. it was always a headwind, every freaking day.

Yep. Decent training though

MadYaker · 25-04-2019 11:49am

oLoonatic wrote: »

40 minute cycle each way. or twice that by bus!! public transport is very poor in this country.

Bus would take twice as long for me as well. Cycling is actually the quickest way for me to get to work. Although I still drive if the weather is crap. Galway city centre.

bellylint · 25-04-2019 12:10pm

It was 3 hours and 20 mins, now, with same job it is <15s as I can now work from home... It is awesome though will not be much longer-lived.

eviltwin · 25-04-2019 12:17pm

20 mins. With school holiday traffic I was in and out in ten today.

Whats your commute to work like?

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