Telecommute

[Anonymous]

Would you take a job that lets you WFH in another city but requires you to telecommute 1/5 or 2/10 weekdays? 2-3 hour drive. Days can be back to back.

[Anonymous]

No. Not just because I don't have a car. But I also don't want to drive four hours a day - that time could be better spent.

[Anonymous]

Do you mean that you would do a 2-3 hour commute twice every ten business days? Are you allowed to stay over one night and treat it like a business trip? If so yes. If not, and you actually have to drive back home, hell no

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

It depends. Why would you do that? Is the pay a lot better? What's the current commute and time in office? Is it because of a spouse's job?

I probably would do it if I weren't concerned about the one day in office becoming more. I commute 1.5 hours each way now, and the recent increase from 20% in office to 50% has had a pretty big impact on my personal life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It depends. Why would you do that? Is the pay a lot better? What's the current commute and time in office? Is it because of a spouse's job?

I probably would do it if I weren't concerned about the one day in office becoming more. I commute 1.5 hours each way now, and the recent increase from 20% in office to 50% has had a pretty big impact on my personal life.

+1. That's the risk, I doubt they are going to give you any kind of guarantee that it won't become more and without that I wouldn't trust that the arrangement will stay without some kind of agreement.

[Anonymous]

What do you mean by telecommute? Don’t you just mean regular commute 1/5 or 2/10 days?

[Anonymous]

Are you saying you could basically work 2 days in a row every 2 weeks? If so, I would just treat it like a 2x/month business trip. Drive up early on a Monday and come back late on Tuesday. Repeat 2 weeks later. But this is all assuming I trust the employer not to guilt me into more in office time. 4-6 hours round trip is too long for a routine drive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean that you would do a 2-3 hour commute twice every ten business days? Are you allowed to stay over one night and treat it like a business trip? If so yes. If not, and you actually have to drive back home, hell no

Yes, round trip once a week, or once every ten business days to include an overnight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you mean by telecommute? Don’t you just mean regular commute 1/5 or 2/10 days?

Yes. Should have said Telework.

[Anonymous]

If it's a federal job (current minimum being 2x/pay period), I would say it's too risky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you saying you could basically work 2 days in a row every 2 weeks? If so, I would just treat it like a 2x/month business trip. Drive up early on a Monday and come back late on Tuesday. Repeat 2 weeks later. But this is all assuming I trust the employer not to guilt me into more in office time. 4-6 hours round trip is too long for a routine drive.

Yes, could do 2 days in a row every 2 weeks so twice a month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it's a federal job (current minimum being 2x/pay period), I would say it's too risky.

Risky how?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you mean by telecommute? Don’t you just mean regular commute 1/5 or 2/10 days?

Yes. Should have said Telework.

No, telework = WFH. You are talking about an in-office requirement of 2 days every 10. The other 8 days are telework / telecommute / WFH.

[Anonymous]