FabSwingers.com forum: Commute.

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Have you returned to the office yet ??

How long is your commute.

I do 2 days a week in the office. 70 miles each way.

Today took 2 1/4 hours to get home.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

17 miles each way

Thankfully I go against the city bound traffic so no more than 30 minutes each way unless there's been a bump on the motorway

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By *rsmith21zMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

I'm still working from home...and might be long term as well. I don't miss the commute at all lol bless you

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By *929Man
over a year ago

newcastle

Generally decline to price any work that’s more than a 15 mile drive from my house. Hate long commutes and see it as an extension of the working day

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By *lenderfoxMan
over a year ago

Leeds

Been back since February. It was 60 miles but since I moved, it's only 12 which is so much better

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By *akbearMan
over a year ago

Newbury

Unfortunately so, it's only about an hour door to door

Although I used to have a 2.5 HR commute each way (only for about 4 mths)

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By *ay1974100Man
over a year ago

york

I work away from home so look for a hotel closest to where I am. My commute is about 2 minutes.

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By *ily WhiteWoman
over a year ago

I changed jobs earlier this year and am now on a permanent home working contract. I have to go into the office occasionally for meetings, which is over 100 miles away, but it makes a nice change. I also have to meet with clients, which is a pain in the arse when it's central London, but I get to take them to nice restaurants and expense it back to work

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By *agerMorganMan
over a year ago

Canvey Island

I've only just started going back into the office. But usually it's not long about a 40 minute commute each way.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My entire day is the commute. Train driver

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

Forty miles each way.

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By *handlerMonicaCouple
over a year ago

Leicester

Been WFH since June last year, and been told only need to go back to the office if I want to. Which I don't!

So that's 90 minutes I get back every day, plus £60+ per week saved in petrol costs. Happy days!

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

I'm back to my pre-pandemic "reasonably adjusted" pattern of 3 days in college, 2 from home. It's 16 miles each way, anything from 40mins to 2hrs +. Depends on the time of day and the state of the NW motorway network......

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By *lenderfoxMan
over a year ago

Leeds

"Been WFH since June last year, and been told only need to go back to the office if I want to. Which I don't!

So that's 90 minutes I get back every day, plus £60+ per week saved in petrol costs. Happy days!

I'm the opposite, was cashing it in at 45p a mile on my long commute, going to miss the extra cash

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

10 mins drive to the office in town, 2 hours or so to Bristol at least twice a week

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have 40 minutes commute each way. I have an option to wfh still. But I prefer going to office. I feel more productive working in office and hence my work life balance is back to normal too. I read a book during commute. So I don't mind that either.

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By *usman 199Man
over a year ago

Stockport

It takes me 40 mins to commute to drive a bus full of commuters

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By *om and JennieCouple
over a year ago

Chams or Socials

I’ve worked the whole way through with 2 days in office & 3 at home. The commute is only 3.5 each way though

J x

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

Depends on the day- today it was 3 1/2 hours, next week it’s about 4....sometimes I’m actually local and can be there in 22 minutes if I don’t get stuck behind a ‘driving Miss Daisy’ or a tractor

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By *nfin8yWoman
over a year ago

Newcastle-under-Lyme

I was working from home for several months but this contract involves going into the office. Its only 37 miles (one way) but the M6 can be a nightmare at times. Took me nearly 2.5 hours to get home one night.

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By *rsmith21zMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"I was working from home for several months but this contract involves going into the office. Its only 37 miles (one way) but the M6 can be a nightmare at times. Took me nearly 2.5 hours to get home one night. "

Oh god not the M6! Lol spent many a time on that road sitting there..... my commute is downstairs lol

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

10 miles around 25 mins on a relatively well behaved A road.

When I can be bothered to go to the Office.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do 12 hour shifts with a commute of an hour and 20 mins each way

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By *estmids71Man
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

Not stopped during the pandemic. 45 mile round trip to work and back.

Certainly know the difference in traffic now compared back to March last year....

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By *ermite12ukMan
over a year ago

Solihull and Brentwood

Going to be soon a round trip of 300 miles a week, roughly.

Will be lodging down in Brentford. Working 12 hour days, to cram 40 hours, into 4 and half days.

Will set of on Sunday afternoon and return late Thursday evening. Thinking Seriously though, of using the train.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fuck me! What do you do for that time??

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By *rincess peachWoman
over a year ago

shits creek

Anything from 15 mins to and hour n half depending on buses and traffic. It's only 3 miles away but the bus doesn't show up half the time so I leave an hour early and even then I end up getting a taxi sometimes or I'd be late.

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By *issmorganWoman
over a year ago

Calderdale innit

I've gone into work all through pandemic, I changed jobs a couple of months ago and I can walk to and from in half an hour.

So much better, its a pleasure to walk home even after a long night shift.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

200 miles, about 4.30 hrs. One week(or more) at work, one week at home.

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"Have you returned to the office yet ??

How long is your commute.

I do 2 days a week in the office. 70 miles each way.

Today took 2 1/4 hours to get home. "

That’s tough…. I used to do nottingham to Cambridge, 200 mile round trip, going was fine 88mins , coming home could be 2-3 hours. Did about 100 audio books a year though

Now I tend to work for companies in London or Dubai and just negotiate work from home 90%, my current contract only says 50% but I just refuse to go in ,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've worked all through lockdown and my commute is about 10 minutes by bike. I don't think I could do a long commute anymore.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My walk from my bedroom to my study is quite an ordeal, the traffic around the bathroom can be horrendous some mornings. I have audiobooks though to pass the time

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"My walk from my bedroom to my study is quite an ordeal, the traffic around the bathroom can be horrendous some mornings. I have audiobooks though to pass the time

My Tuesdays and Thursdays are like that. Occasional traffic jam in the living room though - fucking Tonka trucks

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By *wislandMan
over a year ago

Newquay

Cornwall to London for me -thankfully only been a handful of times in the last 18 months

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

30 minutes each way

Soon to be a 3 mile each way

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By *pectressWoman
over a year ago

Midlothian

I go in 2 or 3 days a week but it’s only 6.5 miles

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cardiff to Manchester (roughly speaking) for a couple days each week, then back again before the weekend.

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

My office is a 10 minute drive or 30 minute walk. As I finish at 2am it’s the 10 minute drive that suits me currently

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My walk from my bedroom to my study is quite an ordeal, the traffic around the bathroom can be horrendous some mornings. I have audiobooks though to pass the time

My Tuesdays and Thursdays are like that. Occasional traffic jam in the living room though - fucking Tonka trucks

Also watch out for the roller skates: they lurk in the most unexpected places (usually accompanied by banana skins)

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By *orthern StarsCouple
over a year ago

Durham

I've never stopped working in the office. Thankfully it's only a 10 minute blast down a great country road to the office. I can even pop home in my lunch hour if I fancy it.

Mrs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My entire day is the commute. Train driver "

Choo choo

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Started back a day a week. Then caught the rona… fkin trains.

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
over a year ago

Reading

Still working from my home so my commute is the stairs. Otherwise door to door at least 30 minutes.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

I work from home.

My commute to see clients can be anywhere, from 2 miles to 300+ miles. Some days the commute is the distance from the living room, to the office.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My daily commute is 105miles and 20chains each way.

Just under a 2hour train journey when everything is on time but normally much more

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Have you returned to the office yet ??

How long is your commute.

I do 2 days a week in the office. 70 miles each way.

Today took 2 1/4 hours to get home.

That’s tough…. I used to do nottingham to Cambridge, 200 mile round trip, going was fine 88mins , coming home could be 2-3 hours. Did about 100 audio books a year though

Now I tend to work for companies in London or Dubai and just negotiate work from home 90%, my current contract only says 50% but I just refuse to go in ,

I’m near kings lynn and travel to bedford.

People at work joke that I travel across 3 counties to get to work as most of them live within 15 mins

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By *anae21Woman
over a year ago

Nearer than you think

It would be 15 mins if I could go straight there. The school drop off makes it an hour, sadly.

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