Would you take a job you had to commute 80 miles to one way?

Question

I work for the state and want to quit. there is another state job im interested in but its 80 miles away. i currently make 25K a year and I think i would be pushing it to ask for 30k for this new job.

I dont have a college degree just experience. Do you think it would be worth it?

PS i own my house and the mortgage isnt bad so moving is not an option for me

Answer 1

do the math.   any thing else u have a job right now and be happy that you do have that.  when stuff starts getting better than there might be a better job out there.

Answer 2

That's not practical. Either you find another job or look for a place to stay near your place of work.

Answer 3

25K a year?  What?  Tell them you have to have 40K a year to even consider it and go from there.  You sell your services too cheaply to consider, IMHO.

Answer 4

I don't know how far your current commute is, so it's difficult to pin down.

But as an example, if your current round trip commute (5 days/wk) is 40 miles and the vehicle you drive gets 20 mpg, then you're using 2 gallons of fuel a day.  52 weeks in a year.  Minus about 4 weeks to account for vacation, sick days, holidays, etc. leave 48 weeks at 10 gallons / week equals 480 gallons of fuel used per year just for work.

Using that formula and a new round trip commute of 160 miles / day (800 miles / wk), in the same (20mpg) vehicle, you'd be burning 40 gallons / wk and 1920 gallons / year for a difference of 1440 gallons.  At $4 / gallon you'd be spending an extra $5760 / year.  That's just on fuel and doesn't take into account the more frequent oil & filter & tire changes, etc. and the extra milage will wear your car out faster.

If you're not being squeezed too hard financially right now and could afford the extra expense, it still might not be a bad move, long-term, if the prospective job is an upgrade to your current one.  It could open the door to new opportunities for you down the road.

Answer 5

Absolutely.  Starting over begins with small steps.  The sting

of being bled will fade after you lose a lot of fluid resources.

You'll soon plateau in such a state of being that dumping all

vestiges of former lifetime circumstances probably will seem

a blessing in disguise.  Remember in 1849 folks who did the

same thing painted their wood wagons: "California Or Bust".

Upon arrival let your experience help you dig up free gold.

Answer 6

No, I most definitely would not. Besides the strain on the environment, gas prices would eventually kill you, and you'll lose a lot of your life just driving.

Answer 7

That doesn't sound like it's worth it at all.

When you asked that question my first impulse was heck no! And my second impulse was "if they make it worth my while". But my third and final thought on that is no. That doesn't sound like you're getting much good from that deal. Unless you have a fuel efficient car, you'd be stopping for gas practically every day. Think of what the gas bill would cost you alone. And if it takes you an hour and a half to get there and another 90 minutes  to get home, that's 3 hours everyday you're losing that you aren't paid for. Buying the gas to travel like that is a huge inconvenience, but for me my time is most valuable of all. Think of what all you could do if you took that 3 hours a day you would be commuting and did something more enjoyable and worthwhile.  There's no way I'd take that job. I wouldn't take that job for 100K a year, much less 30 K. I hope you will wait for something better to come along, you deserve better than that.