[Macros]

A fairly some way to look at a work commute.

What do you get paid per hour, what is your time worth? What could you earn in that time? Ergo, what should your company be paying you for it?

[amphibian]

Macros, on 01 February 2018 - 05:38 PM, said:

A fairly some way to look at a work commute.

What do you get paid per hour, what is your time worth? What could you earn in that time? Ergo, what should your company be paying you for it?

I think he's salaried, rather than hourly. But using this lens of money does help. How hard is it to find a small apartment for rent in between the two campuses? It might actually be worth it to move out of the family home for this, even in South Asia.

[Aptorian]

This thread is making me value my 20 minute bike ride to work every day.

[Mezla PigDog]

I win. One day a week my commute is a 1hr drive each way. I like the chance to be alone and unable to do chores! Three days a week my commute is up the stairs to my office. And the last day of the week I don't work. Mwah mwah.

[Macros]

Anything over an hour I simply won't do without travel pay.
Simples.
Don't like it? Put me up beside work and I will live there during the week.
Don't like that?
Pay someone willing to be fucked over travelling on their own time, someone more desperate for work, will they be as good as me? Take the chance and find out, but you rang me buddy, I didn't ring you

[Andorion]

amphibian, on 01 February 2018 - 06:10 PM, said:

Macros, on 01 February 2018 - 05:38 PM, said:

A fairly some way to look at a work commute.

What do you get paid per hour, what is your time worth? What could you earn in that time? Ergo, what should your company be paying you for it?

I think he's salaried, rather than hourly. But using this lens of money does help. How hard is it to find a small apartment for rent in between the two campuses? It might actually be worth it to move out of the family home for this, even in South Asia.

Won't work, I am afraid. My two campuses are in the extreme North and South and my house is more or less in the centre, even situated along the main axis of travel.

That is what really messes with my groove sometimes, the knowledge that there isn't much I can do to improve the situation.

[Cause]

Andorion, on 01 February 2018 - 02:30 AM, said:

Another thing messing with my groove - my commute

My normal commute is - 2 hours and 30 minutes total both ways, and on wednesdays when I have to go to a totally different campus, its 4 hours both ways.

People who commute, how bad is this?

This is abuse.

My current jobs competition was going to be a 45-60 min commute one way vs the ten min commute of my current job. That alone decided which one I would take. 45 min is unfortunate probably an acceptable commute, but 75 mins one way is harsh and 2 hours is madness. That's 'work time' with no compensation and is probably some stress and aggravation you don't need. If you don't have a choice I guess you don't have a choice but that sounds horrible. Did you discuss any form of transport allowance when they hired you?

[Maark Abbott]

My commute is 60 minutes from my front door to that of work - 15 minutes to the station, 20 on the train, 15 from the station in Sheffield to work. Never more. Same back in the evening. It lets me catch up on social stuff and reading so it's not all bad.

[Morgoth]

It takes me about 15 minutes from door to door - home to office. Before I bought my current place my commute was just under an hour and it felt awful.

[Andorion]

Cause, on 02 February 2018 - 07:01 AM, said:

Andorion, on 01 February 2018 - 02:30 AM, said:

Another thing messing with my groove - my commute

My normal commute is - 2 hours and 30 minutes total both ways, and on wednesdays when I have to go to a totally different campus, its 4 hours both ways.

People who commute, how bad is this?

This is abuse.

My current jobs competition was going to be a 45-60 min commute one way vs the ten min commute of my current job. That alone decided which one I would take. 45 min is unfortunate probably an acceptable commute, but 75 mins one way is harsh and 2 hours is madness. That's 'work time' with no compensation and is probably some stress and aggravation you don't need. If you don't have a choice I guess you don't have a choice but that sounds horrible. Did you discuss any form of transport allowance when they hired you?

Abuse might be a bit harsh. I know people with worse commutes.

As for travel expenses, the college pays for the normal carpool, so I pay nothing, and on the 4 hour day I get a TA which more than covers it. Expense is thankfully not an issue. But it can get very tiring

[Gorefest]

Maark Abbott, on 02 February 2018 - 07:37 AM, said:

My commute is 60 minutes from my front door to that of work - 15 minutes to the station, 20 on the train, 15 from the station in Sheffield to work. Never more. Same back in the evening. It lets me catch up on social stuff and reading so it's not all bad.

Damn, not bad. I've got around the same time and I bleeding live *in* Sheffield (well, Birley).

[Silencer]

Andorion, on 02 February 2018 - 01:51 PM, said:

Cause, on 02 February 2018 - 07:01 AM, said:

Andorion, on 01 February 2018 - 02:30 AM, said:

Another thing messing with my groove - my commute

My normal commute is - 2 hours and 30 minutes total both ways, and on wednesdays when I have to go to a totally different campus, its 4 hours both ways.

People who commute, how bad is this?

This is abuse.

My current jobs competition was going to be a 45-60 min commute one way vs the ten min commute of my current job. That alone decided which one I would take. 45 min is unfortunate probably an acceptable commute, but 75 mins one way is harsh and 2 hours is madness. That's 'work time' with no compensation and is probably some stress and aggravation you don't need. If you don't have a choice I guess you don't have a choice but that sounds horrible. Did you discuss any form of transport allowance when they hired you?

Abuse might be a bit harsh. I know people with worse commutes.

As for travel expenses, the college pays for the normal carpool, so I pay nothing, and on the 4 hour day I get a TA which more than covers it. Expense is thankfully not an issue. But it can get very tiring

Just want to point out, "I know people who have it worse" and variants is a horrifyingly common response from people suffering domestic violence. Obviously this is not really comparable but thought it was a very interesting way for you to respond. So maybe "abuse" is in fact an accurate term? >.>

[Dutch]

My commute is a 5 mins walk or a 2 mins drive on my bicycle.

Gotta love going home for lunchbreak and to walk our dog.

Messing with my groove.

I bought a new phone last week and somehow was thinking that my sim card was the same size, well what do you think, of coarse not.

Called my brother if he could order a new card for me since we are on the same plan and he arranges those things and he did.


It arrived at my parents and they were supposed to come here this weekend and take it along, but it seems we have to get there for the third weekend in a row.


We were actually planning to not go out that much this weekend.

[Tiste Simeon]

You're moaning about music on something called "Poprocks"?

[Andorion]

Silencer, on 02 February 2018 - 02:21 PM, said:

Andorion, on 02 February 2018 - 01:51 PM, said:

Cause, on 02 February 2018 - 07:01 AM, said:

Andorion, on 01 February 2018 - 02:30 AM, said:

Another thing messing with my groove - my commute

My normal commute is - 2 hours and 30 minutes total both ways, and on wednesdays when I have to go to a totally different campus, its 4 hours both ways.

People who commute, how bad is this?

This is abuse.

My current jobs competition was going to be a 45-60 min commute one way vs the ten min commute of my current job. That alone decided which one I would take. 45 min is unfortunate probably an acceptable commute, but 75 mins one way is harsh and 2 hours is madness. That's 'work time' with no compensation and is probably some stress and aggravation you don't need. If you don't have a choice I guess you don't have a choice but that sounds horrible. Did you discuss any form of transport allowance when they hired you?

Abuse might be a bit harsh. I know people with worse commutes.

As for travel expenses, the college pays for the normal carpool, so I pay nothing, and on the 4 hour day I get a TA which more than covers it. Expense is thankfully not an issue. But it can get very tiring

Just want to point out, "I know people who have it worse" and variants is a horrifyingly common response from people suffering domestic violence. Obviously this is not really comparable but thought it was a very interesting way for you to respond. So maybe "abuse" is in fact an accurate term? >.>

Yeah I know. Commutes can definitely be better - a lot of people over here who don't drive have 20-30 minute commutes by bus, which is perfectly manageable and cheap. But at the same time a very significant part of the population do have it worse than me. I have the distinct advantage of commuting against the major croud flow so trains are a lot less crowded. Google "Indian local train crowds" once and you will see what others put up with. Given this reality, I would put my situation on the mild-moderate edge of bad.

Dutch, on 03 February 2018 - 06:47 AM, said:

My commute is a 5 mins walk or a 2 mins drive on my bicycle.

Gotta love going home for lunchbreak and to walk our dog.

Messing with my groove.

I bought a new phone last week and somehow was thinking that my sim card was the same size, well what do you think, of coarse not.

Called my brother if he could order a new card for me since we are on the same plan and he arranges those things and he did.

It arrived at my parents and they were supposed to come here this weekend and take it along, but it seems we have to get there for the third weekend in a row.

We were actually planning to not go out that much this weekend.

It really is about time that they standardised this stupid micro-nano BS. I got a nano sim for one phone, used it for a year and a half then traded it in for one with a better processor, and had to get a micro sim for it. All this hassle is so unnecessary.

[Andorion]

OK, I really, really, really should not be grumbling about this, but here goes anyway

For the first time in my life, I am making enough to actually qualify for income tax, and frankly the hassle of doing all the tax calculations is turning me libertarian.

Honestly, I have nothing against taxes at all, but dammit, does the process need to be so stupidly complex???

[Abyss]

Andorion, on 05 February 2018 - 01:47 AM, said:

OK, I really, really, really should not be grumbling about this, but here goes anyway

For the first time in my life, I am making enough to actually qualify for income tax, and frankly the hassle of doing all the tax calculations is turning me libertarian.

Honestly, I have nothing against taxes at all, but dammit, does the process need to be so stupidly complex???

I've often thought the entire process could be simplified down to




1) How much money did you make in the past fiscal year?

2) How much do you have left?

AMOUNT OWED: (see question 2.)

[Tiste Simeon]

Does that not lead to excessive spending so the answer to point 2 is "nothing, therefore you can't tax me!"?

I work for a company that has an HR/payroll dept so I don't have to do any tax stuff myself.

[worry]

In a system where necessities are universally guaranteed, and the unemployed (including children and retirees) are cared for, "excessive" spending would just mean 'excess' currency circulating instead of stagnating.

[Macros]

American taxes baffle me. If you're employed buna company in the UK the company pays your taxes, everything is calculated for you. You only have to do your taxes if you're self employed