Would you take a job....

FIRSTTIMER

if the pay went from 36k to 43k with an extra 15 min commute

ceb1995

Yes, if the extra commute time was the only difference I would take it.

SamsReturn

15 minutes isn't a lot. If it was adding an extra hour to each morning and evening, i'd think twice.

FIRSTTIMER

Hmm I am thinking of taking it, it will take me from 30 min commute to 45 min commute each way

theoretica

30 mins a day - about 130 hours a year. You would be paid about £50 an hour for the extra commuting.

Fireflyaway

Yep! 15 mins is nothing for quite a decent pay rise.

TELLIT01

It would be more dependant on the actual job content than the pay rise. I never accepted a job based purely on the salary.

Malthusian

theoretica wrote: »

30 mins a day - about 130 hours a year. You would be paid about £50 an hour for the extra commuting.

The OP hasn't said what the job is but normally when you get an extra £7,000 a year you're being paid that for taking on extra responsibility, carrying out duties that require more experience, etc etc. If the OP moved next door to the office he'd get the same salary. Regardless of how long it is, the OP's doing the commute for free.

For me it depends how long the commute is to start with. If it's 15 minutes long then I'd have no qualms about a 30 minute commute. If it's 5 minutes I'd actually prefer the new 20 minute commute (I once lived down the road from the office and it felt too close to home). If I'm already commuting an hour... then I'd still take it but I'd already be looking at moving house (or moving job).

bertiewhite

Yes yes yes yes

saker75

I would love such a short commute.

Planet_Switzerland

If anything, I'd say its worth taking as you can't always bank on your current work being located where it is.


It's part of my contract that I accept my company can relocate to anywhere within Greater London, so some places it could relocate to could add an extra hour on my commute.


Saying that, given I currently work in the hustle and bustle of Central London which is the best place to work in my opinion, it would take quite something for me to take a job on an industrial estate deep in suburbia.