Looking at a job around 60miles away, just wondering how far others travel to work

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Stu DemonD said:

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Quiet you

Mine is about 20 miles from outer London to central London.

I get an 8:00 train and get in the office about quater to. I hate that journey and that's not even that bad!

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weekends 20 minute drive

Longest I've ever had to commute was 30miles each way (if you don't include my job in Afghanistan) 99% of which was motorway. Believe me it does drain you! both mentally and financially.

I used to commute Northampton / Rugby every day - ok, only 44 mile round-trip - but after 8 years it started to grind!

Plus I was running the 2.4 at the time

I've only had to different commutes but I would pick a 40 min drive over a 40 min train journey anyday!

But then I do get trains in to the busiest place in the world

arc said:

Looking at a job around 60miles away, just wondering how far others travel to work

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i have commuted that far
its fine for a while but you will want to move or get another job after a while
also you need a 100% reliable car or stable public transport
if using the car key in fuel and werar n tear as to whether the wage is enough

Captain Mike said:

I've only had to different commutes but I would pick a 40 min drive over a 40 min train journey anyday!

But then I do get trains in to the busiest place in the world

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jugs bum queue?

I don't work now, but my last commute was about 50 - 55 mile round trip, depending which way I chose to go.

It was all back roads and quiet villages, which was great for the first few weeks. Started to get on my tits after that though. It didn't help that part of my job involved thrashing a van around the countryside all day I suppose.

I used to be able to get to my old job in 10 mins on a good day.

Shame that once I got there it was 7+ hours of pure sh*t all day

Captain Mike said:

I used to be able to get to my old job in 10 mins on a good day.

Shame that once I got there it was 7+ hours of pure sh*t all day

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I bet it wasn't as sh!t as mine

Captain Mike said:

I used to be able to get to my old job in 10 mins on a good day.

Shame that once I got there it was 7+ hours of pure sh*t all day

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i used to live 2 floors up from work so could get up 10 minutes before i need to be in
then there was the job i had with flat included and no bills
that was a good job

Dominion said:

I bet it wasn't as sh!t as mine

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Sitting at a desk all day with a headset on

Spending the whole day speaking to retards

Not allowed to talk to other colleagues

Bosses reading all your emails

Getting the best stats in the company and still getting punished because you are an easy target

Getting moved so I sat next to my boss and he can watch everything I do

Get moaned at if you arrive a minute late.

Seriously I could go on. It was worse than being at school!

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dave said:

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What do you actually do?

You have never told us! From what I can work out you buy and sell crap off ebay

15 miles each way, 2 Town A road, 13 M-Way!

Captain Mike said:

Sitting at a desk all day with a headset on

Spending the whole day speaking to retards

Not allowed to talk to other colleagues

Bosses reading all your emails

Getting the best stats in the company and still getting punished because you are an easy target

Getting moved so I sat next to my boss and he can watch everything I do

Get moaned at if you arrive a minute late.

EDIT: I think we've gone a bit off topic now. Sorry arc.

Seriously I could go on. It was worse than being at school!

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OK. Try....

Shovelling raw sewage in the event of a spill.

Unblocking machinery that processes "waste".

Using manual lifting gear to lift half ton pumps out of "wet wells".

Stripping down aforementioned pumps that are covered in/full of raw sh!t.

Getting covered heas to toe in raw sh!t when pipes burst (this happened 3 times).

Weighing, vac dryin, and moisture analysis of sewage samples.

Constantly having to dodge flying sh!t/**** mixtures from moving machinery.

Having to climb 40' down into wet wells.

Having to cope with the most over the top health and safety regime EVER.

Pulling dead animals out of sand filters.

Forever having to handle soiled ladies "sanitary products"

Having the world's biggest bell end for a boss.

And worst of all....

Having to drive a Citroen Berlingo van :yuck:

Watercourse sampling was ok though.

But surely you knew all that when you applied for it.

Most of mine where rules they implemented to make my day worse and I never wanted the job in the first place