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How far will you go for a job?

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Shindig

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Inspired by today's rather bizarre turn of events that resulted in me going across to Chester-le-Street for an interview about a job placement. It all comes out of the blue at 2:30pm with the placement officer telling us to move are arses down there.

Bear in mind that we're in Sunderland at the time. Sunderland, in relation to Chester-le-Stret, is far away. Anyway, we get there and promptly get a tad lost. Once we are pointed rightly, we realise that the industrial estate we're looking for is out in cow country. 45 minutes away up a big bank.

We get there, eventually. Seems a canny placement with a fair bit to aim for. However, troucing up a big hill each morning? I'm not so bad because I can get to Chester-le-Street in about 20 minutes but the £15 extra dole money I get is immediately twonked by the fact I'm in Country Durham so it costs extra to get back to where I live.

So, how far would you go?
 
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Sir Calumn

Guest
I am currently working a fair bit away and the journey is very awkward, I really am counting on getting my driving license soon. I have to get to a train station which is quite a way away, about 20 minutes by car, the quickest way is to cycle which I do sometimes and it takes me about 50 minutes, but for a man in my physical condition that is to be minimalised, so my alternative is to ride around on the ****ty little countryside buses which can take up to two hours. Then I have a twenty minute train ride followed by a 15 minute walk. Sometimes the whole journey can be as much as three hours each way.
 
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champdave

SG Sheffield Authority
County Durham? That's a fair way to go :o

Depends on the job really. Most I'd be prepared to commute is about 45 minutes, as it's enough time to get through a music album in the car :p
 
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Shindig

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champdave said:
County Durham? That's a fair way to go :o
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Kinda. It takes 20 minutes by bus to get to town and then it's just a long, long walk up a bank. There's buses to Pelton Fell from the town, so I can probably cut that walk in half.

It's not that bad. Mainly the only problem is the fact that the industrial estate is out of the way.
 
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sportgaming

Official
2 hour commute either way for me


but I love the job, so it is definitely worth it


and like Sir_Didier_Drogba, hoping it won;t be too long before I'm driving, and this will come down to 1 hour ( Birmingham to Derny for those of you who know UK geography)

Up until 6 months ago I had a 6 hour round trip for work, on a daily basis - Worcester to Derby - and again I did it, as I love the job
 
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Shindig

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It's a small price to pay to get something nice on the CV and to escape the boredom of jobsearch. If I hear another car analogy, I'm going to murder.
 
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NottsSupporter

Sgt. Pseudo Dane
takes me about 30 mins with bus, or 30 mins on my bicycle...I do prefer the bus though, being a postman, you're not really motivated getting on yer bike for the ride home when your day ends.
 
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Kibe Kru

Starting XI
My current job is 3 minutes away, and that's walking... well... I don't know how far I'd go, but it'd depend a lot on how much I need/want that job...
 
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