I’m in a field where remote work should be possible, but I’m not lucky enough to have landed such a job. I have to go to the office every single damn day.
It’s an 8 hour job, but I have mandatory one hour lunch, so it’s really 9 fucking hours. Comute is about an hour each way, so that makes 11h total. Oh, but wait, I take transport and have to wait some time for a bus one way or the other, so it’s more like 11h30.
To wakeup and get ready for work I need 30 min minimum, but really 1h is better. So it’s up to 12h, or 12:30. Let’s round it to 12:15.
That’s half my damn day. If I want to sleep for 8 hours, that leaves me 3h45min at most each day for myself. And I don’t even get paid enough to move out. Which I guess is a positive in this case, because that way I don’t waste my <4 daily hours taking care of tasks which my parents can help with (cooking, groceries, etc.)
Ironically, if I did get paid enough to move out I might be even more depressed.
11 hours for me. 1 hour prep, 1 hour commute there, 8 hours to work assuming I eat and work at the same time, 1 hour commute home.
It’s maddening. I don’t get it.
I’m hybrid, so 2 days a week I work flat 8 hours and it is bliss, then 3 days a week I “work” 11 hours but only get paid for 8 - at least, that’s how I view it.
longer if you use public transport, or you have to pay for rideshares.