I love the distance between work and home, I have about and hour’s worth of commute each way, and the travel time is just what I need to wind down after work and get into “home-mode.”
It gives me time to enjoy youtube videos on the buss, and best of all, I don’t stay in an area that constantly reminds me of work
It suits me just fine, I work in the center of the capital, but I live 30km outside the city, with public transport it is a lovely break between work and home.
If I drive it usually takes 30-45 min, but then I need to find a parking spot, get stressed when driving in the city and can’t relax and zone out on my commute home.
Personally I assumed that you meant you had a 1 hour driving commute. Which sounds terrible. But the fact that it is by transit makes it much more appealing. Personally I don’t think I’d mind it since it is built in reading time
Having good decompression time after work is essential. When I had a car, I found myself to be very irritable after work if I drove home. However when biking ant walking I’m way less stressed out compared to driving (I hate driving), and can decompress. So I don’t really feel irritable after
If the tradeoff is that you can afford a house in the countryside instead of an overpriced appartment in the city, I think I’d accept the long commute, I’d just press for fewer days at the office and be happy
Wouldn’t it be better to spend this hour getting into home mode, idk, at home? And what’s so great about commuting to work for an hour in the morning, so you could wind up and get into work mode?
Work commute is time you aren’t really free to do what you want, yet you generally don’t get paid for.
Exactly. Wfh will ALWAYS be superior because you have truly free time, and truly get off work at x time, and truly start work at x time.
A commute is unpaid labor. Lunch in a room of coworkers is hardly relaxing. Collaboration over text is just fine, thanks, and if it isnt, a video call works just fine too.
Not to mention my monitors and internet is faster at home than work, and i dont have to get dressed in the morning.
They don’t have to be a whole hour apart, 30 min would be fine, it is just that when I bought my apartment, the best one I could find for me was located a fair bit outside the city.
I love the distance between work and home, I have about and hour’s worth of commute each way, and the travel time is just what I need to wind down after work and get into “home-mode.”
It gives me time to enjoy youtube videos on the buss, and best of all, I don’t stay in an area that constantly reminds me of work
An hour each way? No fucking thank you.
It suits me just fine, I work in the center of the capital, but I live 30km outside the city, with public transport it is a lovely break between work and home.
If I drive it usually takes 30-45 min, but then I need to find a parking spot, get stressed when driving in the city and can’t relax and zone out on my commute home.
My current situation is perfect for me.
Personally I assumed that you meant you had a 1 hour driving commute. Which sounds terrible. But the fact that it is by transit makes it much more appealing. Personally I don’t think I’d mind it since it is built in reading time
Yeah, that is what I do, I catch up on youtube, browse lemmy, and in general just wind down.
Having good decompression time after work is essential. When I had a car, I found myself to be very irritable after work if I drove home. However when biking ant walking I’m way less stressed out compared to driving (I hate driving), and can decompress. So I don’t really feel irritable after
If the tradeoff is that you can afford a house in the countryside instead of an overpriced appartment in the city, I think I’d accept the long commute, I’d just press for fewer days at the office and be happy
Wouldn’t it be better to spend this hour getting into home mode, idk, at home? And what’s so great about commuting to work for an hour in the morning, so you could wind up and get into work mode?
Work commute is time you aren’t really free to do what you want, yet you generally don’t get paid for.
Exactly. Wfh will ALWAYS be superior because you have truly free time, and truly get off work at x time, and truly start work at x time.
A commute is unpaid labor. Lunch in a room of coworkers is hardly relaxing. Collaboration over text is just fine, thanks, and if it isnt, a video call works just fine too.
Not to mention my monitors and internet is faster at home than work, and i dont have to get dressed in the morning.
For me, distance to work is important, I don’t want to spend time in the areas where I work when I am off work.
Also, while I love working in the city center, I absolutely don’t want to live there.
It’s certainly your right to feel this way. But interesting to wonder why you feel like you need work and home too be a whole hour commute apart.
They don’t have to be a whole hour apart, 30 min would be fine, it is just that when I bought my apartment, the best one I could find for me was located a fair bit outside the city.
agreed. personally 30. minute to an hour is a sweet spot for me too. its a ‘me’ time that i rarely get these days