whats managable commute time for you?

[diseasex]

Right now at clientco. Back hurts, and feeling tired. 1h 10m one way on good days, up to 2 hours on worse. Not sure if i'll be extending for that reason. No WFH possible (I asked)

Whats your experience? should i suck it up and carry on invoicing?

[Old Greg]

Right now at clientco. Back hurts, and feeling tired. 1h 10m one way on good days, up to 2 hours on worse. Not sure if i'll be extending for that reason. No WFH possible (I asked)

Whats your experience? should i suck it up and carry on invoicing?

My maximum tolerable commute is 15 hours per week if outside of billable hours, or 25 hours per week if I can bill for work done on the train.

[eek]

Right now at clientco. Back hurts, and feeling tired. 1h 10m one way on good days, up to 2 hours on worse. Not sure if i'll be extending for that reason. No WFH possible (I asked)

Whats your experience? should i suck it up and carry on invoicing?

Mine is steps in journey / pain of journey.

Train to London / Leeds /Newcastle ain't a problem but additional bits afterwards are.

Likewise driving into a city center. Will happily drive to outstrips but 30 minutes of stop start traffic every day is a no no

[diseasex]

Mine is steps in journey / pain of journey.

Train to London / Leeds /Newcastle ain't a problem but additional bits afterwards are.

Likewise driving into a city center. Will happily drive to outstrips but 30 minutes of stop start traffic every day is a no no

yeah that stop start traffic is killing me. Im travelling from manchester to clientco through liverpool city centre. on the top of that , every week or so there's highly congested part of either motorway or town for one reason or another.

[WTFH]

If it's more than an hour each way in good traffic, then I'll look to stay near the ClientCo at least a couple of nights a week.

[northernladuk]

Have you tried flexing your time? Last few long gig's I arranged to arrive earlier and leave earlier or vice versa to miss the traffic which made the commute considerably shorter. I've also found an Airbnb or hotel and stayed the odd night to do two or more long days and cut the others down to suit the traffic.

[Old Greg]

Right now I have a manageable train journey which includes this very nice stretch:

[DimPrawn]

Generally 40 min commute max. That allows for the times when it takes a bit longer, so allow an hour.

I don't do complex commutes (like take two trains and then a taxi type of thing).

Life's too short of that sort of crap. I don't need the money (I like money, but don't need it), so it's about lifestyle not misery for me.

I know people with £600k of mortgage debt to pay, they need the money and will do anything anywhere to get it. Poor sods.

[FatLazyContractor]

Depends.

If it is a chauffer driven Limo, then I am happy to spend a whole day commuting with the hookers and champagne.

[Old Greg]

Depends.

If it is a chauffer driven Limo, then I am happy to spend a whole day commuting with the hookers and champagne.

I hope you get a decent tip for cleaning up afterwards.