Journal ellem's Journal: Working at Cisco Worth a Seven Hour Commute? 9

My old commute was 92 miles each way. Imagine my relief when I found a job a mere 62 miles from my house. That dude is crazy. There are plenty of truckers that don't put that kind of mileage in daily.

As long as the tasks get done, it really doesn't matter if you come into the office. You'd think, as a router company, Cisco could set him up to work from home. Tele/audioconferencing would work for most meetings, and he could still drive in maybe once a week or so for bigger things.

When I was a network engineer in Oregon for a Tier 1 service provider, I spent most days working from home, ssh'd in for my operations and available by cell phone and pager. In fact, my team boss was in California, and the other

What scares me is that he's been doing this for almost 17 years, since 1989. And he thought it was a normal commute.

You're probably stuck with the LIRR, happier now? =)

I sold my dream home after only 4 years because I thought the 80-mile round trip commute was way too much.

How does someone even have time to enjoy their wonderful property spending 35 hours a week in a car? If I were commuting that far, I would at least try and get an offset schedule so I didn't have to deal with rush hour on top of the distance.

Anybody else see Costco instead of Cisco? I was all set to reply "No, but I'd consider selling the house and moving".

I was on a contract at Thiokol Propulsion for about 18 months. I was living in Salt Lake City. It was over 200 miles round trip, but for a while I was driving first to Park City to pick up a co-workerand then around to the plant. I got to the point where I would spend a day a week at the hotel closest to the plant. Which was 30 miles away from it.

Luckily they worked four 10 hour shifts, and after they got to know me they let me telecommute first one day a week and then two days.

It takes about nine cups of coffee, XM satellite radio and audio books to make the drive tolerable.

The man must have a ten-gallon bladder.

The difference is that I'd fly in my own little two-seater plane most of the way. Live in Northern California, drive less than twenty miles to a regional airport, and have a commuter car waiting for me in San Jose. Still a 2.5-3 hour commute, but it sure would be scenic. If I could work four ten-hour shifts, so much the better, or work out some local living arrangements for a few days of the week.