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I find this very interesting and glad I'm not alone. My rate is modest but I work from home. Sometimes I get frustrated about my rate and have to remind myself that I have a 30-seconds commute which costs me nothing. The alternative would be a 2-hours (each way) commute to London at a cost of £100. So is a cost of 4 hours and £100 per day worth an additional £150-£200 per day earned? For me, no.
this for me, why I stay a permie here.
if it were that or the bench I'd be happy there.
have a bannana and smile you are still earning in the top 10 percent!
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
I find this very interesting and glad I'm not alone. My rate is modest but I work from home. Sometimes I get frustrated about my rate and have to remind myself that I have a 30-seconds commute which costs me nothing. The alternative would be a 2-hours (each way) commute to London at a cost of £100. So is a cost of 4 hours and £100 per day worth an additional £150-£200 per day earned? For me, no.
I commute from London to Birmingham, mainly because there is little or no contract work close by and what there is pays peanuts. Agree its a long day, don't know where you live but £100 a day seems a lot for a regular daily commute to the big smoke, my rail pass works out to ~ £40 a day for the Virgin Main Line into Euston, granted if I bought a single ticket to travel at peak time it would be £82(!). I earn double what I would do looking at local rates so even allowing for commute costs I am still several thousand pounds a month better off.
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