My son starts Kindergarten this fall and I'm really considering trying to find a job in my hometown. Right now, I travel to the next largest city from my home, only about 15 minutes away. But I'm feeling a need to be close to my son while he starts school. I'm also digging for any reason to just do something else. But that's a whole 'nother thread.
How far do you/would you travel to work on a daily basis? What's too far? It seems you have to travel into the metropolitan areas to get better $. Would you agree?
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I live in a pretty big metropolitan area and my last job I drove about 45 minutes one way to work. For this area though that is not that uncommon. Never mind the added time due to traffic!! arggg
I'm 15 minutes away from my job if there is no traffic. Since there's daily rush hour traffic, it takes me about 30 minutes to get to work everyday, so it's not the distance for me, but the time. I wouldn't work anywhere that took me longer than 30 mins. I have kids to drop off and pick up from daycare
How far do you/would you travel to work on a daily basis? What's too far? It seems you have to travel into the metropolitan areas to get better $. Would you agree?
I use to drive about 30 minutes to work but I loved my job. I think after that, that's the most I would drive to work. It's really hard on the wallet with gas being so expensive and plus the traffic. If you have an emergency, you'll never get their on time.
Tiki, if it's better money, closer to your son I would definitely consider changing jobs. But I will tell you now-a-days 15 mins. isn't that bad.
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Okay here's my dillema. After school care is $10.00 a day, max. My son would be there for several hours. I only make like $16 bucks an hour (maybe a little more by then). So I get paid a measly thirty bucks (after taxes) to pay ten bucks a day for someone else to keep him while he's at the school for extended hours, after he's been there all day! UGH! Poor kid.
Let's say the school of your son ends at 2pm so any job that you would do, either near or far will end at something around 4 or 5 pm. So you need a day care for that much time.
Or is it that you are looking for a work that has similar timings with your son's school, if yes then it makes sense to be closer to school from work.
Originally posted by greenhorn
Or is it that you are looking for a work that has similar timings with your son's school, if yes then it makes sense to be closer to school from work.
YES! That's it.
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Originally posted by tiki
How far do you/would you travel to work on a daily basis? What's too far? It seems you have to travel into the metropolitan areas to get better $. Would you agree?
19 miles is what I drive. In Atlanta traffic that makes it about a 45 min ride.
I have alway's tried to be at least 30 mins from work. I think in my line work you can be too close and wind up working to many hrs. and I also use the ride time to get rid of my day
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