Little Danny
Posts: 4,288
Jan 5, 2011 11:10pm
Back in 2008 I started riding the bus in to work for a while. When the gas prices went back down, I started driving the car again. If the gas gets up to $3.50, I might go back to COTA.
ZWICK 4 PREZ
Posts: 7,733
Jan 6, 2011 6:05am
I already work 5 12's (and sometimes 6-8 on saturday). 4 10's would be ideal.
mucalum49
Posts: 1,639
Jan 6, 2011 8:40am
Cat Food Flambe';627427 wrote:I try to work from home at least one day each week - saves a 45 mile round trip each time I do. Can't do it so much during the busy time of year (October-March,) but during the spring a summer I can often get away with two trips into the office each week.
I have about a 50 mile round trip. I work as a analyst for the demand/material planning group and some days I can go without talking to anyone about anything work related. Definitely want to try working at home more as I have a laptop and BB but I'm only 8 weeks in to working here and don't want to be "that guy" already.
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Jan 6, 2011 9:36am
I drive my son 25 miles one way to get to school. Now that my daughter's in high school she's a little further of a drive ...about 32 miles. Each morning the round trip totals almost 65 miles. After including the trip to pick them up it's 130 miles minimum per day.
Work commute expenses are minor in our house compared to the transportation to school.
Work commute expenses are minor in our house compared to the transportation to school.
Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Jan 6, 2011 10:10am
I would LOVE 4 day weeks. My boss lives down the street from our office so he will always be able to work 5 days without issue so I doubt it will ever happen.
Pick6
Posts: 14,946
Jan 6, 2011 11:28am
Con_Alma;627791 wrote:I drive my son 25 miles one way to get to school. Now that my daughter's in high school she's a little further of a drive ...about 32 miles. Each morning the round trip totals almost 65 miles. After including the trip to pick them up it's 130 miles minimum per day.
Work commute expenses are minor in our house compared to the transportation to school.
why so far? I thought my 15 min drive was far. Why not meet them at the closest bus stop?
krambman
Posts: 3,606
Jan 6, 2011 11:34am
Belly35;627051 wrote:Four day work week
This article was written in 2008 when gas was at $3.98.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2937323620080529?pageNumber=1
With the present situation gas will hit $4.00 and or $100 per barrel by summer and by 2012 $5.00 per gallon.
Would you be willing to work a 10 hour day 4 days a week?
Note: 4 day work week = 20% saving on your week gas cost
On average. Obviously the distance you drive to and from work and the amount of recreational drive you do outside of work will really determine how much you save in gas. I work two jobs. I walk to one, and the other is about a 10 minute drive, so I wouldn't save much. And the job I drive to I could probably do from home four days a week and only go into the office one day a week is gas got that expensive.
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Jan 6, 2011 11:35am
We reside too far away to have a bus transportation option. Only my resident school system could provide such transportation and they are only required to transport the kids so far. Their school is outside that distance.Pick6;627920 wrote:why so far? I thought my 15 min drive was far. Why not meet them at the closest bus stop?
mcburg93
Posts: 3,167
Jan 6, 2011 11:36am
I work 4 10s now. we have a weekend crew that does the 3-12s. Ive been trying to get on that shift for awhile now. Although we just found out that we are cut back to three 9 hour shifts and 1 10 hour shift starting next week. I dont like this cause they told us it could last for a few months grrrrrrrrr.
krambman
Posts: 3,606
Jan 6, 2011 11:43am
Con_Alma;627928 wrote:We reside too far away to have a bus transportation option. Only my resident school system could provide such transportation and they are only required to transport the kids so far. Their school is outside that distance.
I'm confused? Do your kids not attend school in the district they reside in?
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Jan 6, 2011 11:44am
No they do not.
Pick6
Posts: 14,946
Jan 6, 2011 12:17pm
Con_Alma;627946 wrote:No they do not.
i didnt either for part of high school. Lived in district, then moved out but still went to same school. After I graduated, and before my sister got her license, she just met the bus driver at the closest bus stop to our house.
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Jan 6, 2011 12:24pm
Yeah...that may not be so easy today. We are required to list our resident school district on the school registration forms. If that district is farther than the defined required distance to transport by the State the bus driver isn't going to let you on. I guess one could lie but I'm not comfortable doing that at all.
Pick6
Posts: 14,946
Jan 6, 2011 12:28pm
Con_Alma;628019 wrote:Yeah...that may not be so easy today. We are required to list our resident school district on the school registration forms. If that district is farther than the defined required distance to transport by the State the bus driver isn't going to let you on. I guess one could lie but I'm not comfortable doing that at all.
we had to fill out open enrollment papers but i thats weird if they wont let you on because you dont live in district. but then again, my school and town was real small and everybody knew everybody. Also helped that the bus driver my mom would meet to drop my sister off was the same driver I had from where we lived before.
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Jan 6, 2011 12:36pm
They won't let someone on that they are not required to transport...nor should they in my opinion. We are the ones that chose to use a certain school and although we pay taxes to fund our local district we should *NOT expect that district to cover our transportation expenses if we choose to send our kids to a school some 30 miles away.
O-Trap
Posts: 14,994
Jan 6, 2011 1:25pm
That would never happen, but it would be AMAZING!
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Jan 6, 2011 1:29pm
That's a typo. It should read we should NOT expect them to do so. 
Sorry.
Sorry.
martyirish
Posts: 490
Jan 6, 2011 1:33pm
I work a 9-80 schedule and I love it
Work 9 hour days monday thru thursday.
On fridays one week work 8 hours the next I am off.
It's great
Work 9 hour days monday thru thursday.
On fridays one week work 8 hours the next I am off.
It's great
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Jan 6, 2011 1:45pm
Haha....many people are already working 5 -10's. Still, even the option to work from home on Friday would be nice. This would give many people an hour or more (between commute and getting ready for work) to extra a day. You're at home so you can get a healthier lunch. Best part is the time and convenience allows people to sneak in some personal errands.
The worst part about working 50+ hours a week is everything is closed when you finish work. And it absolutely sucks to have to run errands on the weekend on top of those working hours.
The worst part about working 50+ hours a week is everything is closed when you finish work. And it absolutely sucks to have to run errands on the weekend on top of those working hours.
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mella
Posts: 647
Jan 6, 2011 8:34pm
I'm not worried about gas prices because I'll be riding to bullet trains to work
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ThumperAC
Posts: 38
Jan 7, 2011 4:09am
I would love to work 4 10 hour days, as I am currently working 6 10-12 hour days per week
rmolin73
Posts: 4,278
Jan 7, 2011 5:54am
mcburg93;627932 wrote:I work 4 10s now. we have a weekend crew that does the 3-12s. Ive been trying to get on that shift for awhile now. Although we just found out that we are cut back to three 9 hour shifts and 1 10 hour shift starting next week. I dont like this cause they told us it could last for a few months grrrrrrrrr.
That's what my employer has two shifts that work 4-10's M-Th and our weekend shift work 3-12's.
Thunder70
Posts: 748
Jan 7, 2011 9:16am
I workin the financial industry. Would love to do 10's or 12's but its never gonna happen for me. I am just thankful that we aren't open on Sat/Sun like most are.
O-Trap
Posts: 14,994
Jan 7, 2011 12:51pm
This was just pitched to our CEO in one of my meetings this morning.
He laughed.
Boo.
He laughed.
Boo.
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Jan 7, 2011 2:39pm
Uneducated bastard CEOO-Trap;629143 wrote:This was just pitched to our CEO in one of my meetings this morning.
He laughed.
Boo.