How long is your commute?

20aday

My commute is half an hour each way. Seems quicker at night as the roads are usually quieter; and it's through the Derbyshire countryside so it's nicer.

takman

My commute is 8 - 10 minutes by bicycle (1.6 miles).

If I had to drive more than a 15 minute commute by car each day I would soon get fed up with it (especially if it involved any traffic).

HappyMJ

My commute is 5 seconds from the bedroom to the home office.

It's quite a tiring commute...on a really cold morning sometimes I might just stay in bed and work from there.

pompeyrich

Can I ask what all these "work from home" jobs entail, I have always worked in a maintenance role in factories, which require me to be there to diagnose and rectify faults. Some of the higher up staff, claim to be "working from home" but it seems to be weather dependent, either really hot or really icy!

I have been contacted at home but only to offer assistance to a colleague who is onsite at the time. I guess in this internet age there are some jobs that don't require an actual presence in the office but would be interested in what type of work it involves. Thanks.

Back on topic i travel 27 miles to work and can do it in 30 mins door to door for the 5:40 start but around 45 mins back at 2 p.m.

Retrogamer

Mines is about 45 minutes by car each way if no traffic, or about 1 and a half hours with traffic. Parking is expensive. It's about 20 miles each way by car

Train with walks to and from stations is around 1 hour 20 minutes each way, but trains are often late and more expensive than fuel to drive there and often no seats.

Cycling is about 1 hour 40 minutes each way but it can be lovely in the sunny days but horrible in the wet, cold and windy ones which is common in west Scotland. 17 miles each way.

As you can probably tell, i'm not a fan of commuting and because of that, this is about as far as i'd be willing to travel for work.

Els7727

I'm 30 mins drive away. 20 mile commute. That's all thought quiet country roads and very little traffic.

duchy

Mine's a tech support role -The company has large call centres with staff doing exactly the same job I do- so it's a matter of geography rather than a different job to facilitate working from home. Main differences are meetings, trainings and coaching etc use conference calls rather than face to face. There's plenty of jobs that could work for working at home IF the company wanted them to but a lot of companies feel they'd not have the same control they have with staff physically present.

pompeyrich wrote: »

Can I ask what all these "work from home" jobs entail, I have always worked in a maintenance role in factories, which require me to be there to diagnose and rectify faults. Some of the higher up staff, claim to be "working from home" but it seems to be weather dependent, either really hot or really icy!

I have been contacted at home but only to offer assistance to a colleague who is onsite at the time. I guess in this internet age there are some jobs that don't require an actual presence in the office but would be interested in what type of work it involves. Thanks.

Back on topic i travel 27 miles to work and can do it in 30 mins door to door for the 5:40 start but around 45 mins back at 2 p.m.

DKLS

pompeyrich wrote: »

Can I ask what all these "work from home" jobs entail, I have always worked in a maintenance role in factories, which require me to be there to diagnose and rectify faults. Some of the higher up staff, claim to be "working from home" but it seems to be weather dependent, either really hot or really icy!

I have done, IT development, project management and Product management from home.

athensgeorgia

I've recently changed jobs. My last job used to take about 30 minutes from dropping DD off to getting in to the office depending on where I found to park. If I paid I could park on the doorstep. If I had no change and used on-street parking the commute would take an extra 10 - 15 minutes each way.

Then I was let go and started this job. I'm in my third week and love that I can park around the corner. My drive to the new job takes between 20 minutes (today because it's school holidays) - 40 minutes (there was lights out on a busy road). The new job is on a different side of Manchester than I usually frequent so I'm still getting used to the different routes.

Rosemary7391

I'm a 25 minute walk from work. I don't really have to think about commute time when looking for a new job; I'll likely have to move a long distance, very possibly to a different country, so I'll just pick a convenient place to live again! I suppose if I got a job in Edinburgh I might not move; that's about an hour on the train, which I could put to good use. Wouldn't like an hour driving or on the bus.