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Originally Posted by aps45819  It's 4.4 miles from my house to the office
You ladies are spending at least 4 hours a day in your car.
That's about 1000 hours a year. That's time on the job you're not being paid for. Take your hourly wage and multiply that by 1000. Is the difference in your pay between your current job and something closer worth it?
At my current salary, I'd need close to a $40k a year raise to consider driving to DC every day (i.e. adding 1000 hours a year to my job) and that's not counting gas |
When I got my job, I lived 15 minutes away. I moved to SOMD 11 years ago and looked for a similar job. Pay was horrible so I kept my job up in VA. Is it worth it? Definately. I go to work in the middle of the night and am home well before the school bus drops my oldest off from school. My family doesn't have to worry about how we're going to pay the bills, where money will come from to get whole new wardrobes each year as my kids out-grew the ones they wore last year. We take great vacations where we rent a house instead of staying in a hotel. We have our kids college paid off already and the youngest isn't even in school yet. My kids got socialized because they went to a sitters where they learned to not be dependent on me and to get along with others. I have 5 hours to play with my kids each day instead of the maybe 2 if I worked a "normal" job near home.
Money isn't everything but it's one less thing me and my family have to worry about. Peace of mind and zero traffic during my commute because of the hours I work. Yep, definately worth it. Plus I can quit my job up here in just 7 years because I will have my 20yrs in and will qualify for my Pension and could get a lower paying and closer job near home but I won't. I will stay here until hubby and I retire in our old (atleast he will be) age.