How long is your daily commute?

• fish82

  

  25 feet...unless I'm headed for the airport, then it's 30-40 minutes depending on traffic.
• Mulva

  

  Bout 20 minutes.
• Belly35

  

  Now that I work for someone, have to commute to the office it's a 15/20 minute drive but I've been doing more travel so I don't even show up at the office, for 2/3 days.
• Sonofanump

  justincredible;1853597 wrote:I bet you can get that down to 1.39 seconds if you added a fire pole.

  I asked, wife said no :RpS_angry:
• cat_lover

  ten minute drive each way.
• Spock

  

  i can run to work in about 1 hour and 10 minutes
• 4cards

  

  ...1 hour each way
• Ironman92

  

  65 miles one way.....about 45 of it on empty 4 lane route 32....then about 20 miles on 2 lane rt 73 and 785.
  
  I cruise about 65 mph on the 4 lane and average around 55 mph on the 2 lane but some days on the way home a little slower due to God's country Adams Co folk driving 41 mph in their 1988 Ford Ranger.
  
  Takes 70 minutes comfortably....2 hr 20 min a day for 19 years.
  
  I leave at 6:25 am and get home at 4:40 pm on regular school days.
• Trueblue23

  

  45 min to an hour. Indy traffic really sucks.
• Laley23

  

  45 min in the morning, 1 hr 15 min on way home (unless I can escape before 4pm). Raleigh-Durham traffic just sucks during rush hours, and anything but sunshine, forget about it.
  
  Luckily, I'm only in the office a few times a month, and my real commit is to and from airport, which is 15-20 min depending on when my flight is.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  15 mins. Used to be 1/2 mile. Hate the change.
• gerb131

  

  As much as 3.5 hrs one way depending on whats up that day
• Commander of Awesome

  

  If everything goes perfectly, about 35 min one way. ~12-15 of that is walking to a Bart Station. On Wednesdays, I have to head to South San Francisco where one of our warehouses is. That takes me a solid 90 min including a mile walk once I get there.
• friendfromlowry

  Right out of college I was driving 350 miles a week for work. Couple years ago I cut that back to 70/week.
• Zunardo

  Sonofanump;1853591 wrote:13 steps down the basement. I can do it in about 4.28 seconds.

  Damn whippersnapper. My studio is in the basement, but at the other end of house, so it's an honest 7 or 8 seconds for me.
  
  1983-2011 - when I worked at the main post office (downtown Cols), I had a 15-20 min drive each day, but the increase in traffic from warehouses and Scioto Downs would have pushed that to 30 coming home nowadays. Still, I had it easy compared to many.
  
  Had to drive to Carroll for nine months, consistently 25 minutes, because I was always going against the rush-hour traffic on US 33. The most relaxing ride to work I ever had.
  
  My last 4 years had to go around I-270 to the big post office by Port Columbus - best I could do was 27 minutes if the planets were in alignment, but usually 30-35 minutes. Seven or eight times, it was 2 to 3 hours because of idiots crashing or not being able to drive in snow.
• Pick6

  

  Working from home really is the golden ticket, IMO. Depending on where you live/work - no extra tax, no traffic, no paying for parking, no gas or wear/tear on car, sleep in later, get home earlier. I should be able to start doing it approx 20% of the time and hope to eventually get it up to about 50% in a few years. Buddy works from home nearly 80% of the time and I envy him.
• like_that

  

  Pick6;1853747 wrote:Working from home really is the golden ticket, IMO. Depending on where you live/work - no extra tax, no traffic, no paying for parking, no gas or wear/tear on car, sleep in later, get home earlier. I should be able to start doing it approx 20% of the time and hope to eventually get it up to about 50% in a few years. Buddy works from home nearly 80% of the time and I envy him.

  My former employer wouldn't allow it, but my new employer does and I just started doing it twice a week a month ago. It really is amazing. It gives an extra 1.5 hours of sleep and it's easy to get shit done without any distractions. Extra bonus is you can get some house chores done on the side that take little effort (i.e. throwing in a load of laundry). In November we are moving to a new office and will have to share desks for lack of space. The policy then will be to work from home 3-4 days a week. I'm looking forward to it.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Pick6;1853747 wrote:Working from home really is the golden ticket, IMO. Depending on where you live/work - no extra tax, no traffic, no paying for parking, no gas or wear/tear on car, sleep in later, get home earlier. I should be able to start doing it approx 20% of the time and hope to eventually get it up to about 50% in a few years. Buddy works from home nearly 80% of the time and I envy him.

  The only issue I see with working from home (personal experience) is the separation from home/office. It takes a special person to work from home. If it is always viewed as home, then that is good, in my opinion. If "home" is viewed as "office," then it can lead to laziness and sluggishness when "home" stuff needs to be taken care of.
• Fab4Runner

  

  It is phenomenal. I have heard people say they had a hard time focusing on work if they were at home. I do not have that problem. I don't watch TV unless I am eating lunch, and I rarely even listen to music. I do the occasional chore if I am not busy, but for whatever reason it's easy for me to sit at my computer and just work.
• justincredible

  

  I have the flexibility to work from home if I need to, and could probably schedule a WFH day each week if I wanted, but I prefer being in the office most days.
• Sonofanump

  Let's see...
  
  Lunches from my own kitchen.
  Shower after midday workout.
  My own private toilet.
  When work is done, time is mine.
  Daughter forgot her lunch, let me run it to school for her.
  Mom needs picked up from ER, no problem.
• Automatik

  

  justincredible;1853756 wrote:I have the flexibility to work from home if I need to, and could probably schedule a WFH day each week if I wanted, but I prefer being in the office most days.

  My new job is similar, flexible hours, option to WFM. Fucking amazing. I've been at a very rigid place prior. 9-5:30, had to kiss ass to leave even 15 min early.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Fab4Runner;1853752 wrote:It is phenomenal. I have heard people say they had a hard time focusing on work if they were at home. I do not have that problem. I don't watch TV unless I am eating lunch, and I rarely even listen to music. I do the occasional chore if I am not busy, but for whatever reason it's easy for me to sit at my computer and just work.

  When your "work day" is done, are you able to view the house as your home, and continue to do "house work?"
• Automatik

  

  Obviously depends on the job, but I think I'd have a hard time working from home all the time. My current roommate does and he complains about it a lot. I just need to gtfo of the house.
  
  My one friend had a call center job then they gave him to work from home. He would literally roll out of bed into his desk chair and start calling people to sign up for mail order prescription plans. F THAT.
• Zunardo

  ernest_t_bass;1853764 wrote:When your "work day" is done, are you able to view the house as your home, and continue to do "house work?"

  That's a good question. In my case, since I built the room for my office in a remote corner of the basement, and I don't use it for anything but work, I have no problem confusing "office" with "home".
  
  When I walk out of the my studio, I've left work and am "entering" my home - and never the twain shall meet.
  
  It also legitimizes my ability to claim just that square footage as a home office deduction without being in any danger of violating IRS rules on "mixed use".