How far do you drive to work?

Right now I do not work. I have driven as much as twenty minutes, to another town. I have also carpooled with my husband for about thirty minutes. It would depend on the mileage I got with my car as to whether I could afford to drive forty five minutes. I know of a job I could apply for that pays $11 hr, that would be about that far for me. It would be a place that I would want to spend almost everything I earned. Clerical jobs would probably not work past 5:30 ish. I still think that with your busy family and your desire to go to school, for now the job at Subway should be enough. You do not want to do poorly in school.

I don't know if I COULD do that, given when the children have to be at school, and how early their dad has to go to work. Although I guess I could get them on the bus instead of driving them if I absolutely had to.

Like you said, it would also be a real tough choice for me. A 45 minute drive each way at today's gas prices would sure cut into the paycheck, that's for sure, so Id have to look at various other factors. I'd have to REALLY be interested in the job and have some chance at benefiting more from it than just the $8-9 an hour. Remember, your time and trouble is also worth something so I'd have to weigh whether or not it would be worth it to be away from my kids that much longer, especially if I had another job to go to. It would also depend greatly on how many days per week you'd be working to get that 25 hours. I'd personally prefer three or four longer work days than five or six shorter ones when there's that long a commute. I'd just like to tell you as a friend not to overdo it too much by trying to burn the candle at both ends. You need some time for yourself too and it doesn't seem like you'd have much of that! Annie

That's a hard one for me. On the one hand the experience would come in handy. On the other hand it's only minimum wage. So I can't see driving that far for a part time job. Now if it was full time that'd be a different story. I'd rather stick to something closer, if possible. But then again nothing's really close where I live. In fact, I just dropped off a job application yesterday for a job that's 20 miles away (one way). Not too bad, but still not as close as I'd like, especially with it being minimum wage and all. My husband on the other hand has driven hours away (one way) for his job. However, it pays a lot better than minimum wage. Not much help I'm afraid. I hope the interview went well at least. Happy mylotting!

Right now I don't work for an employer, but in the past I've done several hour long commutes to work. At the time I thought it was just normal, but I wouldn't go back to it. The deciding factor has to be what you get out of it. It's not just about money, as you say. If they are offering you some worthwhile experience during attractive hours it might be worth it just for that, even if it's just short term. It's terrible to be dependant on the car for such a long drive daily though. What happens when the car breaks down? Or when fuel prices rise? The amount of driving we do isn't sustainable and really we should all be looking to work closer to home to avoid it where possible.

Not easy to say. I'm in a completely different situation and I can't compare with you. I have the chance to live close to my work and I walk there. With the poor payment they give me it would be difficult to drive every day to go to work. But there are other things that money. If it would be useful for you to do this job at least for a while, you should accept it.

It would be difficult to decide if I would go for this part time job for which I need to travel about 45 minutes, It will all depend upon the situations under which I will have to take the decision. The factors like nature of job, my financial conditions,my family liabilities and immediate requirement for money. Luckily to day I am well placed and I really walk down to my workplace as I am a Stud Vet and I am residing on the Farm itself. My work place is about 400 meters away from my palce. This is deliberately planned so, so that I should not waste any time in the event I need to face any emergency on the farm. I tried to stay out of the farm but it didn't work for me as many a times things become too late by the time I reach the farm to attend an emergency. So the present arrangement works for me and for my organisation! If the conditions are compelling to take me a job, if there are no other jobs available nearby and if I am desperately in need of money, If I got some members of the family who are dependent on me then I won't mind taking up a part time job which is paying the amount you have mentions. After all the options if any are available,then I would definitely go for a better one, if not this present job will be alright for me as I believe sitting idle won't keep me happy and my hormones will get imbalanced an I am sure I will get irritated with a job in my hand! Thanks !

I'd say if it weren't for the fact that it was a clerical position that I wouldn't even consider it. Just with the price of gas it wouldn't be worth it. Plus That's an hour and a half a day just spent in your car to get there. It will help you though if you are taking schooling for clerical work and you get that job as your experience because a lot of better paying jobs want you to have experience. A friend of mine paid and did all the training for the medical coding stuff and it's worthless because no one will hire her without experience.

Probably not as I would worry too much about getting there in the winter etc...If they made it worth your while...like a few more bucks an hour then I would consider it....but not for what they are paying..in fact that's what I was offered a few years back and turned the job down.

Probably not, no. I mean it depends, though. 25 hours a week isn't all that much and a lot of your money will be going towards gas. I had to consider the same question though a few months back - when I accepted (or was deciding whether or not I should accept) a job as a company "floater". I ended up accepting it... But it pretty much means I work at all locations..It could be anywhere from 5 miles away to 35 miles away from my house, depending on what store I am called in to work at. Of course they're paying me $4 than they did before (I get paid $12/hr) so in my opinion I think it makes it worth my while (since they don't give me gas money or anything like that - just get paid a little more). *shrugs*. It's all up to you. If the hours aren't ideal, and if you think you could do better, hold out until you find a better one. But there's no harm in going to the interview, of course, and keeping your options open. Good luck!

A few years ago, I accepted a job in a dream-company, but not really something I was interested. I qualified for the job, and it paid twice as I was earning at that time, but it required me to drive 2 hours, one way(it was in a different state). I tried it for 6 weeks until I gave up. Although the company and the money were big factors, the drive was certainly even bigger. I went back to my old work, which was a job I was interested in, and was just a 30-minute drive. So, I guess 30 minutes would be my max. I don't think 45-minutes for just $8-$9 is good enough. Even if it were something you're interested in. I think there should be other jobs nearer that would pay about the same. And while waiting for that other opportunity, you can stick with subway, right?

I'm not working anymore since my first pregnancy. In my old time, I used to drive about 15 kilos that took me one hour to reach the office and about 80 minutes for going home because of traffic jam. My husband forbid me to work again not only because of my kids need me but also because I couldn't get a descent salary for such time consuming. If you ask me to drive 45 mins and get $8 per hour, I'll take it.