Is this commute do-able? warning long one!

Own_Worst_Enermy

Only asking because it's being questioned

Thread can be deleted - I'm without answers and none the wiser! Plus we're past the closure date

getmore4less

The obvious problem is how you justify not relocating if you are just looking at buying.

Own_Worst_Enermy

Yeah unfortunately Suffolk is cheaper for putting down roots, it's to late and out of my hands this part for about a decade, I am not liking my chance of getting work locally there anytime soon, which is why I was thinking continuing/getting used to a commute may be the answer.


Though I think this one is out, it isn't the first time an recruiter has questioned why commute and least I won't have lied I suppose. Such a pity when I think the time taken to have driven is the time I now spend parking the car, using public transport part way and then walking through a town to the current office! just hopeful someone, one day may realise I am used to a commute and more resilient then just having a 'job down the road.

Elfbert

It won't necessarily be a problem. When I started work in London I lived in Brighton. At the interview (after the formal part) they asked when I was planning to move to London. I said I wasn't. They seemed surprised, but I pointed out that half the population of Brighton commutes to London daily, so they laughed, made noises about supposing it was no worse than having to get the tube from one side of London to the other, and offered me the job

Just tell them it's not something you worry about. Add in some guff about enjoying driving/it not being rush hour anyway/loving the area you live in if you want.

Money_saving_maniac

Add in some guff about relocating in 6 months. Why bother to tell them the truth, frankly it's not their business how you get into work.

Own_Worst_Enermy

Cheers, yeah you would think so! Yep should have used that distant relative address in the Medway towns!!


I did wonder if there was a policy on only employing 'locals'


My reply to their questioning over commute never received a response, I also noticed the job advert wasn't live long so ahh! perhaps they got unindated with applications.

robatwork

It will eventually annoy the hell out of you and grind you down.

I sometimes interview people who live more than say 45 mins from the office. I always question them several times about the commute - are you SURE you are prepared for rush hour M1 traffic every day?

They invariably say all the right platitudes, and invariably leave because it gets them down after a year or so.

boliston

I don't think you can directly compare 3 hours in the car each day with a 3 hour combination of driving/public transport/walking as while you are on a train you can get on with other things and even walking is a beneficial activity in terms of health (i normally do an hour long walk each lunch hour rather than sit in the office staff room like many colleagues) but sitting driving in a car is simply "dead" time that you will never get back, and life is too short.

Own_Worst_Enermy

Thanks for the opinion, it's difficult to explain my current very fiddly dynamics which involving travelling around on public transport added to driving is taking a massive chunk out of what is a low paying job I have now so I can't agree. Every day is a battle of where I should park, if I have enough money/lose change hence having to spend, what method of p/t I should use today to complete my journey, what it is going to be like come the move, it's driving me batty.

Yeah perhaps I should concentrate on looking at London as I know by accident the other week, tired after the equivalent time added to my endeavour to get to and from when working a Sunday, the Monday morning came I then alighted the wrong train as it turned out it was an express (I know funny!) and so actually ended up in London rather then the city of Chelmsford and that only took something like 45 minutes so it was bit of an eye opener that alone.

If it was policies or that the job further away was nmw, now, that I could understand and this wouldn't have ever been questioned.
In the past I have tried Basildon, Barking, Loughton (again higher wage on offer with the exception of the first where I seemed to have an argument on my hands to get sat down when it came to interview) for it then claimed not-doable driving from the same county even so in reality I should have known and needn't have bothered.
I had certainly wrote this opportunity off and resigning myself to the fact you probably have to lie in order to compete out there. Regretfully.