How far would you commute?

Question

How far would you travel for $10 an hour?

I travel 45 minutes.. its a super easy job.. obviously because I have time to get on here and ask questions!!

Answer 1

I had a job where I traveled 50 miles each way for $10.55 an hour; I had a rental car for the first 2 weeks until my car came out of the repair shop.  I kept the job only for 3 weeks.  I wouldn't do it again for $20 an hour.

Answer 2

that is about how far I traveled for $11.00 an hour. loved my job and my fellow workers so it was worth it. (the pay could have been better but sometimes to get more pay at another place i might not like it as much. why be miserable all day for a shorter commute and more pay.

Answer 3

For $10 an hour? Not very far. I probably wouldn't get out of bed for $10/hour.

Answer 4

Unless you have a really great job or really love the area in which you live, commuting more than about 10 miles or 20 minutes just doesn't add up to good life value. Better to move closer to the good job Or take a lesser job near the area you live in.

Answer 5

I wouldn't travel that far for $10/hour. But the real question is, are you satisfied? If you are making enough money to satisfy your needs, and if you enjoy the job, then that's all that really matters.

Answer 6

I wish this question were in terms of time rather than of distance. I could drive to work in 15-20 minutes. But lacking a car, the mass transit journey would take about 2 hours. When we talk of moving welfare recipients to the work force, we sometimes for get to figure in the burden of 2, 3, 4 hours a day spend communting. If putting in a 12-14 day (counting communte) cost effective if it's only bringing in $50 a day? By the time you figure in the extra cost of convenience foods (who had time to cook on that schedule?), the lack of time to be involved in your children's school and social lives, the cost of child care, of maintaining a professional wardrobe, and so on ... it is any wonder that, given the option, many parents would choose welfare. One my live in abject poverty but one has time to actually bond with and raise ones children, one is not asleep on ones feet by the time one gets home from work & commute.

The lower the family income, the greater percentage of family income is devoted to transprotation. 3% of $60K may not get much attention, but 10% of $24K is huge burden.

In the Florida Keys, finding people to fill low-skill low-pay jobs is becoming increasing a problem. For years, these workers have commuted in from south Maimi, as they certainly can't afford to live in the Keys. With rising gas prices, the jobs no longer pay enough to make the commute for low pay worth while. Professionals and business owners are scrambling for secretaries, store clerks, restaruant servers and so on. I see this as a continuing trend unless changes make it possible for workers to communte between Miami and the Keys at a reasonable price.