• mirshafie@europe.pub
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    3 days ago

    Correct, but it’s also the time you lose when commuting, which also forces you to sit still. If you work 8 hours/day and have a 1 hour commute, then you’re effectively locked up for 10 hours per day.

    So currently I’m choosing between two jobs, one is a 15 min walk, the other with a 1 hour drive. It’s going to be the 15 min walk, easy, and the 1 hour drive would need a significantly higher paycheck for me to consider it seriously.

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      2 days ago

      That’s this section right here

      But factoring commute, that’s 40hrs + 10min a day travel time = 41hrs, 40min.

      I count any time I spend getting to this job and back as unpaid labor and thus it counts against the total pay.

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        2 days ago

        What I’m saying is it’s more than money. It’s time with your friends/family, it’s time cooking/eating healthy rather than fast food, it’s time in the gym or whatever.