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A huge assumption in your story is that everyone has to have a one hour commute in a personal car between their home and office.

EugeneOZ 4y ago
You can safely omit this part without losing the gist.
LeChuck 4y ago
Not to mention the assumption that everyone "sit[s] in front of a computer for 8 hours (perhaps with a few minimally productive meetings here and there)".
TrackerFF 4y ago
Even minutes add up. I only have a 5 min commute, but with my 260 workdays, that comes to 2 x 5 mins x 260 = 2600 minutes, or 43.3 hours. That over one work-week of lost time. But I do work with people that have one hour commutes, each way. For them, that's 520 hours a year - or almost 3 MONTHS worth of working hours, just to sit in a car. And not all are blessed to have public transport - so that two hour commute means eyes on road and hands on the wheel. We haven't even touched on things like fuel, tollbooths, vehicle maintenance, etc.
- rajman187 4y ago
  When I was working north of DC there were people commuting from West Virginia (couldn't sell their houses to relocate), so 2.5+ hours each way so that's about 32 work-weeks of lost time. And they would come in by 7am to leave at 3pm to avoid the insane traffic during rush hour.
  - tentboy 4y ago
    i work remote but live in the northern dc area. i occasionally have to head up to the harpers ferry area after work (northwest of DC by about 60-70 min without traffic, for non locals) and the afternoon rush hour literally starts by 3pm, especially on thursdays the days i usually have to go up there. its funny cuz so many people think "oh ill leave early and beat traffic" that you are often better off waiting until like 6pm. i still cant believe how many WV plates i see on 270 on any given work day. i hope i never end up in a commute like that
theshrike79 4y ago
I have a 30 minute commute in comfy air conditioned public transport. I'd rather spend that time home. But I'm willing to do it 1-2 times a week if there is need. Some things are just better and faster to do in person. Brainstorming and onboarding new employees being the two big ones.
dbbk 4y ago
I personally have always had a hard rule of never commuting more than 30 minutes and it's worked nicely so far.

EugeneOZ 4y ago

You can safely omit this part without losing the gist.

LeChuck 4y ago

Not to mention the assumption that everyone "sit[s] in front of a computer for 8 hours (perhaps with a few minimally productive meetings here and there)".

TrackerFF 4y ago

Even minutes add up. I only have a 5 min commute, but with my 260 workdays, that comes to 2 x 5 mins x 260 = 2600 minutes, or 43.3 hours. That over one work-week of lost time. But I do work with people that have one hour commutes, each way. For them, that's 520 hours a year - or almost 3 MONTHS worth of working hours, just to sit in a car. And not all are blessed to have public transport - so that two hour commute means eyes on road and hands on the wheel. We haven't even touched on things like fuel, tollbooths, vehicle maintenance, etc.

rajman187 4y ago
When I was working north of DC there were people commuting from West Virginia (couldn't sell their houses to relocate), so 2.5+ hours each way so that's about 32 work-weeks of lost time. And they would come in by 7am to leave at 3pm to avoid the insane traffic during rush hour.
- tentboy 4y ago
  i work remote but live in the northern dc area. i occasionally have to head up to the harpers ferry area after work (northwest of DC by about 60-70 min without traffic, for non locals) and the afternoon rush hour literally starts by 3pm, especially on thursdays the days i usually have to go up there. its funny cuz so many people think "oh ill leave early and beat traffic" that you are often better off waiting until like 6pm. i still cant believe how many WV plates i see on 270 on any given work day. i hope i never end up in a commute like that

theshrike79 4y ago

I have a 30 minute commute in comfy air conditioned public transport. I'd rather spend that time home. But I'm willing to do it 1-2 times a week if there is need. Some things are just better and faster to do in person. Brainstorming and onboarding new employees being the two big ones.

dbbk 4y ago

I personally have always had a hard rule of never commuting more than 30 minutes and it's worked nicely so far.