Hybrid and long commute or non-hybrid and short commute

Marvel1

Non hybrid
20 miles a day = 100 miles total

Hybrid 
100 miles a day = 300 miles total
200 more miles on fuel
Longer commute trave time, add in possible traffic jams

I would choose non hybrid

Potbellypig

I know it's a moot point for OP now, but I would 100% choose the hybrid role. I would make as sure as possible that most of my work was done in the time I was in the office and take back as much of my time as possible whilst 'WFH'. Sometimes it's a game we just have to play.

Mark_Glasses

@Potbellypig when my workload has been on the light side it's been the opposite for me. If I'm in the office and doing nothing I'm still at work, if I'm WFH and doing nothing then I can't really call it work. 

Emmia

Potbellypig said:

I know it's a moot point for OP now, but I would 100% choose the hybrid role. I would make as sure as possible that most of my work was done in the time I was in the office and take back as much of my time as possible whilst 'WFH'. Sometimes it's a game we just have to play.

And people wonder why employers want them back in the office...

SadieO

Emmia said:

Potbellypig said:

I know it's a moot point for OP now, but I would 100% choose the hybrid role. I would make as sure as possible that most of my work was done in the time I was in the office and take back as much of my time as possible whilst 'WFH'. Sometimes it's a game we just have to play.

And people wonder why employers want them back in the office...

Does it make that much difference though, as long as your work is getting done? If you "save" some of your work for an office day and have a really full-on day when you are in the office, and then a slightly more leisurely pace when you wfh, is that any better or worse than spreading things out evenly? It all gets done by the end of the week no matter how you arrange it or where you are when you do it. 

Emmia

SadieO said:

Emmia said:

Potbellypig said:

I know it's a moot point for OP now, but I would 100% choose the hybrid role. I would make as sure as possible that most of my work was done in the time I was in the office and take back as much of my time as possible whilst 'WFH'. Sometimes it's a game we just have to play.

And people wonder why employers want them back in the office...

Does it make that much difference though, as long as your work is getting done? If you "save" some of your work for an office day and have a really full-on day when you are in the office, and then a slightly more leisurely pace when you wfh, is that any better or worse than spreading things out evenly? It all gets done by the end of the week no matter how you arrange it or where you are when you do it. 

That's probably not how your employer sees it. They want you working hard 5 days per week, and being in the office (rather than at home watering the geraniums) means that if you're less busy, then you'll get more work to do in the 5 days - my work isn't fixed, and so it is never-ending, there is always more work that I could do if I had time.  

If you want to be in officially for fewer days, then negotiate a compressed hours arrangement - do your 5 days in 4 and have a 3-day weekend (or another working pattern) every week (which is what I do). 

robatwork

Emmia said:
That's probably not how your employer sees it. They want you working hard 5 days per week, and being in the office (rather than at home watering the geraniums) means that if you're less busy, then you'll get more work to do in the 5 days - my work isn't fixed, and so it is never-ending, there is always more work that I could do if I had time.  

All this regarding "do your work and that's enough" is contingent on a job where you're given tasks like an automaton and once finished, that's it. That's not the world of work as I've experienced it. Like you, there's always more if you have time.

WYSPECIAL

Pay is the same, jobs and conditions are pretty much the same. The non-hybrid role is 40 hours (including lunch) and hybrid role is 45 hours (including lunch).

Pay is the same or hourly rate is the same?

One is a 5 hours a week more plus the time that it takes you to drive 200 miles longer working week.

Plus the additional cost of travelling 200 miles needs to be deducted as well.

booksandbikes

WYSPECIAL said:

Pay is the same, jobs and conditions are pretty much the same. The non-hybrid role is 40 hours (including lunch) and hybrid role is 45 hours (including lunch).

Pay is the same or hourly rate is the same?

One is a 5 hours a week more plus the time that it takes you to drive 200 miles longer working week.

Plus the additional cost of travelling 200 miles needs to be deducted as well.

I thought the pay was the same (from what the agency confirmed) but it turned out they were offering significantly less, so the choice became irrelevant.