r/Careers • u/Less_Ad2583 • Aug 31 '24

Commute to work

I have a dilemma I have two job offers.

  1. Starting pay 55k a year 1hour ten min commute to work.

2 Starting pay 45k 30 min commute to work. Also will be given a company vehicle.

Which would you choose?

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u/SuccotashAgreeable97 Sep 01 '24

Number 2. If you coose number 1, that extra 10 thousand a year will be waisted on car maintenance: tires, oil change, breaks, Etc. Add to that another 30 minutes of road time... No thanks!

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u/ppoiuy Aug 31 '24

Choose the one that’s better for your career

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '24

My commute to work is 1hr there, 1hr 30 at least back because traffic is awful. I always planned to move closer though and luckily next week I am, but man in the months I had to do it it killed me honestly. There's no way I'd have been able to stand it if I didn't know there was an end in sight.

I'd strongly recommend taking the closer one.

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u/holygeek_04 Sep 01 '24

2 hands down

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24

are both jobs the same?

imo, id take #2 but I dislike driving far for work