Yeah, I commuted half an hour one-way on the interstate for a good many years and took it for granted. I would have said it didn't cause any stress. Then my wife talked me into buying a house in a different location, and suddenly I was commuting ten minutes by back roads...and I realized I'd been wrong, it really did make a difference.
Nowadays I get dressed, comb my hair and then walk three feet to my desk. Getting older and more experienced is a rough life! (Although I do sometimes miss the chit-chat over cubicle walls.) --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Justice is incidental to law and order. -J Edgar Hoover */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of David Spiegel Sent: Monday, February 20, 2023 10:25 You said: "... a number of reasons they want you on-site that doesn't have to do with trust ..." Here's one (especially governments in the US and Canada (I've worked for both)): We've always done it this way (and we're not going revisit this ... ever)) aka inertia. If I had on-site colleagues with whom I have to regularly confer in person, you're obviously correct. Otherwise, I don't see the value in commuting 2 hours/day uncompensated. (6 years ago, I had a job doing Online Banking Development and this was the case.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
