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5y

I think having the wrong job can really bring down the quality of life.

My friend has to drive two hours each way to get to and from work. That's four hours wasted commuting.. and his job is service desk agent.
What are the consequences, you ask? He never has a spare second to talk to me, he's quickly developing gray hairs and he has no time awareness.

Having the wrong job is unhealthy and results in a cascade of bad side effects.. When most of your day involves work-related things, that's just wrong. There is no Yin-Yang there. I know because my work life is somewhat balanced.

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  • 12
    5y
    I completely agree.
    If you're commute is in the 1.5-2hour field then you loose a lot of your day.

    12 hour round trips over a few weeks/months is fine, when it's long term it creates a mental state of being drained 24/7.

    Either move closer, or change jobs.
  • 6
    5y
    @C0D4
    It happens sometimes. I worked for a firm in L.A. that was 5 minutes from home when I signed on, then they moved to a new headquarters 20 miles away (1hr10min each way on a good day). Great job, great work life balance, bennies, challenging meaningful work, great company, but the new HQ was in the middle of the hood. Closest low crime area I could have moved to was still 40 minutes out both ways, not worth the cost of moving and an additional $1800/month for the more expensive area.

    Sometimes it just sucks to be you ☺️
  • 1
    5y
    @SortOfTested completely understand.

    I used to have 2 hours each way, when I started looking for another job, because years of this is painful, the office moved closer to me and it cut my commute in half, so ended up staying.
  • 0
    5y
    Be me.
    Best job so far.
    Colleagues are cool, everything's nice.
    One way travel is 1,5hr.
    Want to move, BUT
    no fucking house or apartment within my budget ANYWHERE IN THE FUCKING AREA
  • 0
    5y
    2.5 hours each way here if trains are on time
    If i miss a train its 3.5 hours
    Been going strong for 6 months now but i feel it mentally draining me more every day
  • 1
    5y
    Came to relate to rant about bad work environment, stupid/legacy/stale/stone-age codebase... and it's about insane commute hours. Bummer.
    I used to have a one way commute of 1.5 hours at least. Moved closer to where I work. Now I'm moving father again, away from civilisation this time, to be able to afford housing. Sucks.
  • 0
    5y
    @C0D4 This is the second week he's suffering from that perception.. aside from being slightly underqualified for the job..
  • 0
    5y
    @Tayo My travel to work is precisely 20 minutes. Can anyone beat that? :P
  • 0
    5y
    @CaptainRant Has been almost 1 hour by train, then I moved, now it's 20 minutes of walking.
  • 0
    5y
    @CaptainRant I could if I managed to find somewhere else to live
  • 0
    5y
    @CaptainRant I'll try: my office moved, so now it's 300m from my home. I usually get out of home at the time my work starts, so I'm about 2 minutes late. :)
  • 0
    5y
    @Bokva :P
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