It's not "the way it has to be", but there is no public transit option to my current place of employment, so it'd be a taxi, or moving to within walking distance, but there's not much within walking distance, and I don't know if any of it is in my price range.
In the summer, my employer runs a van from train stations to my building, but I don't think they run that through the winter (it's for the summer interns) and in the past, they've refused to let full-time employees use the service.
I could work from home--and some of my coworkers do work from home several days a week, but I don't think I could skip coming in entirely without raising eyebrows.
My job is too far to bike to, and I also have to drop my daughter off at school (which is also too far to bike to). Paying for the bus would have been $300 a month. So I drive!
I picked 2 rather than 1 because I COULD conceivably take public and free transport to my job - walk to the bus stop, take a bus to center of town, and then walk to the company bus pick-up site to the actual worksite.
The company provides a car, so ya know, it's the most convenient option, but I suppose I don't have to use it.
I've put 45K miles on my car in 10.5 years, 10K of them being during PCS moves. I don't know what you'd consider ~3000 miles per year to be, usage-wise. It was highest in 2006-2008 when I was working but I don't know that I broke 6000 in any single year that didn't involve a cross-country move. I avoid driving at night or during any sort of inclement weather. Or during times when I know that drunks are out in force (weekend evenings, new years eve, super bowl, etc).
I work 35 miles away from my house and the train line that used to run out there is now defunct, so I have no other option but driving. After I've put in about a year I'm going to start looking for a similar position closer to home!
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In the summer, my employer runs a van from train stations to my building, but I don't think they run that through the winter (it's for the summer interns) and in the past, they've refused to let full-time employees use the service.
I could work from home--and some of my coworkers do work from home several days a week, but I don't think I could skip coming in entirely without raising eyebrows.
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The company provides a car, so ya know, it's the most convenient option, but I suppose I don't have to use it.
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