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Chrysalis · 05-10-2011, 22:09

if its taking you 90mins to get to work aside from the tiredness and free time lost it would also suggest substantial travel costs are going to be occured as well so I agree that its an unreasonable requirement to put on the unemploued for min wage work.

Thinking of travel times I have had in all of my jobs, some have certianly been around the hour mark, but in all those occasions I had plenty of free cash and the first one was a 4 day week with 4 days off every week so free time was not so much a premium.

how much are petrol costs eg. for 450 minutes of driving? how much is public transport likely to cost for that?

My first job they relocated the premises, initially I was doing hour each way on my push bike, I was getting very knackered and annoyed, started using taxis then got annoyed with the cost as was 3 hours of my wages each day used on taxi fares, the job became viable again when I got a lift of a work friend arranged.

Other jobs I have had high travel times were much better paid so was less an issue.

05-10-2011, 22:09	#21
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,050	Re: new rules for jobseeker must take jobs within 90 minute radius if its taking you 90mins to get to work aside from the tiredness and free time lost it would also suggest substantial travel costs are going to be occured as well so I agree that its an unreasonable requirement to put on the unemploued for min wage work. Thinking of travel times I have had in all of my jobs, some have certianly been around the hour mark, but in all those occasions I had plenty of free cash and the first one was a 4 day week with 4 days off every week so free time was not so much a premium. how much are petrol costs eg. for 450 minutes of driving? how much is public transport likely to cost for that? My first job they relocated the premises, initially I was doing hour each way on my push bike, I was getting very knackered and annoyed, started using taxis then got annoyed with the cost as was 3 hours of my wages each day used on taxi fares, the job became viable again when I got a lift of a work friend arranged. Other jobs I have had high travel times were much better paid so was less an issue.