How long is your commute to work?

0 minutes, I work from home. I am a web programmer. :)

Definitely 3 minutes.:) Oh, the beauty of a small town.

It takes me about an hour to get to work if I walk in the morning. I tend to get a taxi there (as it’s far too cold during the winter) and walk it back.

45 minutes isn’t excessive and you might find yourself enjoying that little bit of time to help prepare you for the day ahead.

@Anonymous_Observer Thank you for that! That’s true! Some serious ME time!
@smartfart11 Ummm humm! If it takes me 10 minutes to get to work, it’s because the drive through at Micky D’s was SLOOOOOWWWWW!

I used to have to drive half an hour to work and I never realized how long it was until I lived like 2 minutes from work… You might hate it because you’re so used to not commuting

1h 25min- Summer each way
2+ hours Winter- each way

45min-1hr, depending on the season.

@tyrantxseries Bleh!!
@Ivan Hi Ivan! So…does the commute bother you?

45 minutes both ways every day

I have had commutes from a minute’s walk, to an hour and half each way and almost every point in between. Right now I commute about half an hour to work and school. In the end I would not be willing to have an hour and a half again, 45 minutes would probably be my max.

I write for a newspaper, so there’s no commute except to where I am meeting subjects for interviews. And naturally I have the interviews arranged as near to where I live as possible, like at the Starbucks across the street.

15–20 minutes depending if I leave before or after 7am. That’s excellent for going across San Francisco. One morning I made it door-door in 11 minutes but it took me 15 minutes to find a parking spot.

It’s my commute to school instead of work, but..
It’s 15 minutes. (Well, on tuesday, I get out of class right in rush hour, so it’s more like 45 minutes)
For 2 years it was over an hour each way, plus whatever traffic there was. I finally got sick and moved out.

I know this sounds weird but.. although I got sick of it, I didn’t mind the drive itself. With some good music, the time flies by. I hated not having those 2–3 hours for doing other stuff. I also hated spending so much money on gas. I’d literally have to totally fill up the tank every 4 schooldays. Now, where I’m living, I can go 2 weeks at least without refilling.

I’m about 20 minutes away from work. I was a cable guy before this, so a 20 minute commute is nothing compared to driving around between a couple of towns for 10 hours a day.

@Val123

Uh, it doesn’t bother me while I’m actually driving; it usually goes pretty quickly. But having 2 hours of each and every day completely wasted can be a problem if you have other stuff (i.e. homework) to do.

A Meter.

One thing I forgot to mention is that the job is at a branch of a huge business. This business has branches everywhere, including my home town (which is where I worked initially) and in towns close to me…..I could always just hang out until something closer comes open.
@johnpowell Oh hush!! LOL!

Five miles. 15m in summer, maybe 20m in winter after we dig out the car. Spouse and I work the same hours at the same place, which makes this super-convenient.

I drive 1-and-½ hours round trip daily. I don’t mind the drive, but fuel is expensive.

30–40 mins, depending on traffic and how many stop lights I hit red lol

45 minutes. I enjoy the commute, but I ride in to work with my husband, so it is time for us to talk with each other. It is also great for gearing up for the day in the morning, and having time to “decompress” in the evening so I don’t take my work home with me. We drive a hybrid, so I’m not as concerned about the cost of gas or impact on the environment as I would be if we rode a gas guzzler to work.

For my last job, it was 30 minutes from door to door.

I’m 7 miles from work, so it takes me about 10 minutes.

Depends upon how far my computer and cell phone are positioned from me. Love my virtual office.

My primary office is 44 miles away from my house, and the trip takes me just under an hour. The other office is 56 miles from my house and takes about 1:10 each way.

Nearly all my jobs and my college were 40+ miles away, and the public transportation system stinks. Fortunately, I enjoy driving. If you choose to take the job, get in the habit of leaving 15 minutes earlier than you have to. Even 5 minutes earlier departure can save 15 minutes in commuting time. Plus that way if you need to stop for gas or hit traffic it won’t totally screw up your morning. It’s also good to know at least one alternate route in case of a traffic nightmare.

Keep a variety of music in your car to suit your mood. My commute was my only “me” time when my don ws younger, so I learned to make the most of it by relaxing and enjoying the tunes. Some people like audio books… I tried it once and didn’t care for it, but now I have a less stressful commute, so I’m considering trying again.

@hearkat What kind of offices?

@Val123: I am an Audiologist and I work for a group of Ear, Nose & Throat Doctors. We have 8 offices, 10 Drs., 10 Hearing professionals, and many technicians. I only go to the further location 3 or 4 Fridays each month, and the rest of the time I am in the closer location.

each way: one hour when i go straight to work, two days a week. that’s assuming there’s no traffic jam.

one and a half hours when i have to take the baby to the babysitter (45 minutes to babysitter, 45 minutes to work from there). again, assuming there’s no traffic jam.

@hearkat Huh? I couldn’t hear you. Please say it again.

@jca That’s another good point. If you live and work in the city, only a few miles from where you work, it may take you 4 minutes to get from A to B, after you have to go to C and D. Especially after traffic, lights, etc…..

@Val123: If I had a dollar for every time I’d heard that, I could retire early! Even Alex Trebek did it when an Audiologist was a Jeopardy! contestant…

@hearkat sowwy!! LOL!! Here! I’ll mail you a buck!

17 minute ccmmute to school in the morning, 20 minute commute on the way back in the afternoon

2.5 hours each way! It is lame. Really lame.
45 minutes isn’t too bad…before this commute I have now I drove an hour each way. You kind of just become accustomed to it. The first month will suck. But, after that, it will be no big deal. If the job is awesome, go for it.
Also- the drive to work can be kind of nice. I put on a podcast, think about my day, and just relax. It’s the drive home that sucks…
After a long day of work you are not going to want to make a long drive home.

Depends on how energetic I am. My office is up one flight of stairs from the room where I sleep. I work from home.

When I used to have what my son terms a “real” job, my commute was generally about 15 minutes, except during rush minute when it might take 20 minutes. Downtown is just about 7 miles away by freeway.

45 to 75 minutes on average one way.

35–40 minutes. I’ve been doing it for almost three years now, kinda getting annoying.

One way averages around an hour to an hour and a half. The commute sucks, but I like where I live.

Come on, all of you with these ridiculously long commutes: go for the negotiation. If you are as good at what you bring to the table as you think you are, the company will listen. Mine did. My corporate office is 6 hours from where I live. The deal was that if they wanted my expertise, then they had to accept the concept of the virtual office. Believe me, a smart company knows that all of those commuter hours are much better spent doing company business. I work long hours, but the ability to do so in my jammies, if I so choose, takes a lot of the stress out of the equation.

@editingdiva There many, many jobs that don’t allow one to work from home. Construction, for example. Hospital personnel, for another. Firemen, police men, waitresses, bio-chemical engineers, utility office workers, teachers.

@editingdiva
I am green with envy! I want to work from home. For now, I can’t. I am a grad student (with a 2½ hour drive each way!). Hopefully this commute will make me marketable enough so I don’t have to do that anymore. fingers crossed

@Val123, your argument gives me pause. But, most of the careers you list are those that should be available to you close to home, if you are the best at what you do.

@jenandcolin : You are on it. Make yourself the most marketable out there. That’s the name of the game.

@editingdiva Well, that depends too. If your job is in the Big City, and you don’t want to leave your small town, and definitely don’t want to live and raise your family in the Big City, then you make the sacrifice and commute. Which is the situation I’d be facing. My grown kids and grand kids are here. My doors are open 24/7 for them. I don’t want to lose that so if I’m offered the job in The City, 45 miles away, I’d commute rather than losing that family connection. Which, granted, is my own choice, but that’s probably the biggest reason for most of the folks who are choosing to commute, rather than uprooting all they have and relocating to a much less desirable living location.