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I know I'm going to get responses like "You should be happy you have a job" but here goes..........
My current job is 35 miles from home, only 37-1/2 hrs per week as an Accounting Clerk ($14/hr). I JUST started the job 2-1/2 weeks ago. Although I like the work and the people there, it is just too far of a commute....something I didn't think through enough before I accepted the position. The commute is all interstate driving and with the winter in PA the way it's going, I am stressing about the drive in bad weather. I've never worked farther than 11 miles from home so this is all new.
Prior to this job I worked 2 miles from home, 40 hrs per week as a shipping & rec'g clerk. Yes, 2 miles from home!!! Crazy for leaving, right? I worked there 2-1/2 months, loved the people there but did not like the work at all and learned after starting that the company did have a high turnover of employees. I realized why after I began working there. Again, didn't do my homework before I accepted that position.
My job history before this is pretty stable. I worked for 20 years FT in a sales office but 2 years ago had to find PT flexible work. I worked for my church as secretary and financial secretary. I'm still there a couple hours a week as fin. sec. which I've kept through all this and plan to keep, even maybe increasing some hours.
So, in the last 4 months I've worked these 2 jobs and have maintained the church job, although it's only PT. I have been making rash decisions lately when it's come to my employment and I'm afraid it's going to hurt my future chances at a stable job. I'm really not a job hopper and I don't want to be labeled one. I just have not had much luck lately finding a FT job that's an all around good fit.
I have not resigned from my current job but I am looking for something closer to home. But I feel terrible because I'm still training but I'm looking elsewhere. I don't want to waste the company's time knowing I really don't want to stay there. And how do I interview for a job while working/commuting long hours?
Do I just suck it up and keep the long-commute job?
If I would be called for an interview, how would I explain all this in an and still have an employer consider me?
You probably shouldn't bother putting the most recent jobs in your resume. General rule of thumb is to not put it on the resume unless you worked there over three months...
Is that 37.5 hours considered full time? Are you receiving benefits?
In all honesty I know of people that drive well over that amount. Heck I've done about 50 each way and I can relate to being about 6 miles from work.
But the thing is frankly you cannot force an employer to move. If an employer can move but you cannot then who has the advantage? One of the biggest issues I see with people finding work is they don't want to relocate and they don't want to have a longer commute.
I know in a world of high speed internet, amazon prime and on demand tv that we expect that everything should eventually become faster. But frankly that isn't always the case.
Interstates might not be nice to drive on but in many cases it's the only real choice
In Mass we have I90 and it's also a toll road (mass pike). Yes there is a way around it of rt 2 but it's further north and MUCH slower, even factoring in traffic. And yet plenty drive on them each day. Not everyone can afford to work in the same place they live.
Is that 37.5 hours considered full time? Are you receiving benefits?
Yes it is.
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Originally Posted by mdovell
In all honesty I know of people that drive well over that amount. Heck I've done about 50 each way and I can relate to being about 6 miles from work.
But the thing is frankly you cannot force an employer to move. If an employer can move but you cannot then who has the advantage? One of the biggest issues I see with people finding work is they don't want to relocate and they don't want to have a longer commute.
I know in a world of high speed internet, amazon prime and on demand tv that we expect that everything should eventually become faster. But frankly that isn't always the case.
Interstates might not be nice to drive on but in many cases it's the only real choice
My husband drives 38 miles each way to work and it takes him over an hour. However, he makes double what I do and he's working 40 hours. I guess I just have to get used to it. What sucks is I started this job in the winter...and even though I've driven in nasty weather since I started driving, I really, really hate to put my life in danger for a job that pays $14/hr. That's the part that is fuel for making my decision.
You probably shouldn't bother putting the most recent jobs in your resume. General rule of thumb is to not put it on the resume unless you worked there over three months...
I don't. The problem comes when I have to fill out a job application and have to list jobs, starting with the most recent. That I have a problem with.
people just like to demonize it for some reason. you need to make better decisions when choosing a job.
job hopping is meant to be a way of advancing yourself, as some people walk into a new job and later realize its a dead end or they are underemployed.
i would not list this job on the application as your current employer. i would just put the long term positions on your resume and application. if they ask just say you have been seeking new employment, do not tell them you are not employed, they may or may not ask this question.
We're halfway through Winter, I think you should tough it out for at least one year. Switching jobs so much affects your benefits coverage and ability to get other work. When Spring comes, you won't be so stressed about the commute. Then this time next year you can bail with a little bit better (though not much) work history. Tough it out!
We're halfway through Winter, I think you should tough it out for at least one year. Switching jobs so much affects your benefits coverage and ability to get other work. When Spring comes, you won't be so stressed about the commute. Then this time next year you can bail with a little bit better (though not much) work history. Tough it out!
2012 Ford Escape with really good snow tires. Ya think I wouldn't freak out so much, huh? My husband's not worried but then again he's been driving like this for over 20 years.
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