Redditor rages at 3.5 hour commute due to RTO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they living so far from their work place? Seems self inflected.

Because in SF, it can cost $4-5k per mo or more for a garbage 1 bedroom apartment near work. Employers don't pay that much to be able to afford that. If employers want RTO, then they should be paying $200k at a minimum for every job in the office if they want people in the office in a pricy region like SF. Pay employees more so they can afford it and not have to have insane commutes.

Then people should move out of San Francisco, eventually there would be a shortage of workers and wages would go up.

[Anonymous]

If they live 30 minutes with no traffic from work, then instead of railing at the RTO, 100% of their ire should be directed at our sick, car-centric society. This person probably has to drive at least 15 minutes to the grocery store or anywhere else too.

[Anonymous]

This is why I live small and walk ten minutes to work. The lifestyle most Americans accept as normal is sickening, literally.

[Anonymous]

Did anyone bother to read the Reddit post and responses? The 3.5 hr / 28mi commute is typically 30 minutes but apparently they were filling a bunch of potholes that jammed up the roads.

But yeah, everyone has to make compromises. Either find a smaller place to live or get a roommate, or move further out.

Are the people complaining about RTO the same ones that tell teachers and service workers to suck it up or move to West Virginia when they aren’t paid well enough to live where they work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's life. Find another job.

Yep!
Oh and GROW ALL THE WAY UP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My spouse commutes that. Most jobs aren't stable and people don't stay for years so moving every few years financially doesn't make sense and its very disruptive on kids to pull them out of their school, activities, private lessons, etc. They were working at home long before covid and there were no signs of RTO. We have a high school kid a few years from graduation so it makes even less sense to move when who knows how long they will be at that job. Moving costs many thousands of dollars between all the fees, movers, transferring the cars, etc. So, just saying to move isn't that simple. Our house is also paid off in preparation for college.

Thank you! Families also can't always move close to ONE parent's job without giving through OTHER an insane commute. We compromise the best we can. Remote work was one really amazing tool in that compromise, especially for those of us hired that way with no "this is temporary due to covid" framing.

In this situation, where one does not want to move, the remaining alternative is to find a new job. Or suck it up and live with the commute. Posting endlessly on dcum doesn’t actually change a thing.

I mean, I did find a new job because of the dual career issue. It was remote. Now that is being changed to "suck it up and live with the commute." That's what I'll have to do, at least for the short term; I'll update my resume again, and search for something closer to home again, although I'm not optimistic.

But you can't tell me not to complain on the internet about it.

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Everyone (including whoever started this post) seems to have skipped over reading the Redditor's actual post.

He isn't complaining about RTO for his own work. His job is on-site only. He is complaining about all the tech workers clogging the highways when they could be working from home. He's not wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they live 30 minutes with no traffic from work, then instead of railing at the RTO, 100% of their ire should be directed at our sick, car-centric society. This person probably has to drive at least 15 minutes to the grocery store or anywhere else too.

Yes because public transit focused manhattan is affordable and renowned for short commutes…

[Anonymous]

My company wants me there every day or a three hour, 40 mile commute each way..I cannot compete for jn office face time with someone who lives 12 miles away. I originally signed up for hybrid.

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A lot of people didn’t think long term and moved far from their job. I am not sure why they thought that they will be working remote forever. This only started because there was a Pandemia.

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Anonymous wrote:Redditor gambled and lost. Time to decide betw the job and the commute. The employer can set any reasonable conditions they wish and RTO is reasonable.

No sympathy.

Exactly. If people don’t want t be in the office, they need to find remote jobs. No one wants to hear the whining.

I agree. Covid spoiled so many.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why I live small and walk ten minutes to work. The lifestyle most Americans accept as normal is sickening, literally.

+1 mine is a 20 min drive. But I have never wanted a McMansion.