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Long term I wouldn't want a commute that long and I'll be pushing to get my hours a bit more flexible so that I miss the rush hour traffic in the evening and work 3 ½ - 4 days a week.
Does your company offer the option to work from home or from your current location which I assume is closer to home?
A few years ago when I was fitter and more willing to brave the roads on my bike I could actually cycle in to work in roughly the same time taken as on a particularly 'bad traffic' day. Nowadays there are too many people driving who look more at their phones/screens etc than the cyclists or motorcyclists who may be around them so I'm not so keen on those options any more.
Previous job was about the same as the OP. 60-90 min by car, 2hr or so by train, although if the planets aligned could be a bit quicker (or slower).
After a while, spending 3 hrs a day commuting does suck a lot of time out of your life. In my case, I have no choice, but if I could shorten it, I would.
I start work at 7:00 and finish at 15:30 each day.
My morning commute is about 12 minutes. My afternoon commute takes about 30 minutes due to the schools kicking out, and the extra traffic it causes.
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My commute is around 1hr 15 door to door (car and train) and that's to travel to King's Cross from Surrey
I have a colleague who now lives in Edinburgh and she comes into the London office one day a week and works from home the rest of the time. Apparently, her commute is a breeze and less stressful than her work colleagues who live across London.
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It's 5min drive. I come home at lunch time.
Last job I commuted 100 min train journey with a 15min walk either side. It was pretty much 2 hr door to door and i did that for 5 and a half years.
Where are you travelling from? I did Cardiff from Llandeilo for nearly 10 years!! It was a pain in the arse if you caught the traffic wrong but TBH, you just get used to it - puts a lot of miles on the car though and towards the end I did manage to negotiate some Work From Home time..
I was also doing Bristol a few times a month too.
I then ended up doing UK wide
Working for a large US Telecoms equipment company as a field engineer/consultant and living in West Wales means that unfortunately travelling comes with the territory..
I have now luckily landed on my feet and my commute is less than 20 mins - not helpful for you I know..
I used to drive for an hour and a half commute each way on a good day in a previous job, if there was an accident on the lovely M3 it could be 3 hour trip.
Several jobs saw me in different locations on different days, so there was variety. Driving I could listen to music, or the news. On trains I would read, or latterly sleep. Planes are tedious. I’d sleep through the flight, but most of the journey would be walking and queuing, or sitting in lounges.
I came to the conclusion that, for me, an hour each way was as far as I wanted to drive. Crammed into a tube train it was less. It’s not just the journey time, but what else it squeezes out of your life. Mid week rehearsals for example.
On the way to work it takes me 40 minutes.
Going home takes 1:15 minimum. Some days can be 2 hours.
This isn't in central London either - it's Bournemouth/Poole
My second job is 20 minutes each way, or can be up to twice that if I have to go in on a Friday. I hate Fridays...
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