How long is your commute to work?

aylithuk

Hi Guys

Question in the title

Reason I am asking if I am about to possibly take a job that will be a 1hr 15min train commute each way. Yes the wage warrents doing this kind commute.

Commute is Nottingham to Birmingham (Will be for 5 months before I can move to Brum)

So how long does everyone take to get to work?

Ay x

pickledonionspaceraider

at the mo, its 10 minutes, but in my last job (which i was made redundant from ) it was an hour. i got used to the hours commute each way, and found i had 'wound down' by the time i got home.

inkie

My hubby commutes 67 miles each way - over the M62 to Manchester. Takes anything from 1h15 to 3 hours each way! My commute is 10 mins - I am a vicar and so have to live local to the area where I work.

tsimehC

30 minutes walk each way.

PinkLipgloss

My commute over the past academic year has been around 1 minute (my school is a few metres along the road!).

It's been great not having to worry about transportation!

msgnomey

now about 15-20 mins by car

used to be 1 hr 15 mins!! I did enjoy the job but found the winter months a real pain

How will you be travelling? That would be of concern to me if I had to do a long commute again, if I could go by train I would be able to 'work' on the journey, by car I'd probably say no!

stclair

10 Mins by public transport or 30 mins to walk.

Mk14:37

I commuted 3 hours each way, daily, between London and Brum. I managed to keep this up for 4 or 5 months. Now I work in London and the commute takes around 40 minutes, but 1hr 15 mins is pretty much par for the course in London - that's not necessarily for a salary that you might deem "worth it".

Have a good think about whether you can make use of your commuting time - whether for leisure (reading, crosswords, iPad) or for work (reading paperwork, using a blackberry to reply to or sort e-mail etc.). Also, does the job have any flexibility e.g. working from home, or compressed hours / 9 day fortnights?

diable

5 mins by car every two weeks to sign on ;o)))

slummymummyof3

45 mins each way - which is 'my time' where I can listen to my music (loudly if I want to) used to be 1 hr 45 mins each way which became a real drag after about 6 months.

Kaleidoscope27

20 - 50 minutes by bus (depending on which bus I can get and time of day.)

My manager's commute must be about 1 1/2 - 2 hours. He lives in Stoke-on-Trent but works in Manchester. In rush hour it must be a nightmare.