oh no the miles
Jun. 7th, 2023 06:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unicorndukeJust actually sat down and did the $$$ math on potential new job. Went something like this:
Summer (May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept) - commute 4 days/wk -> 16 commute days/mth x 5 mths = 80 commute days/yr
Spring/Fall (Apr, Oct) - commute 3 days/wk -> 12 commute days/mth x 2 mths = 24 commute days/yr
Winter (Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar) - commute 1 day/wk -> 4 commute days/mth = 20 commute days/yr
Total of 124 commute days.
Said commute is 88 miles one way, 176 miles round trip
total miles commuting is 21,824 miles. Using federal mileage reimbursement for 2023 of 65.5 cents per mile, that puts my commute cost at:
$14,294
Potential increase in salary? gone. It only would make a difference if the 8% raise kicks in but I'm not relying on that. So uhh. not taking the new job if I don't make more money and I have to drive 3 hours a day. I could take part time shifts at the local employee owned gas station chain and come out ahead.
Summer (May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept) - commute 4 days/wk -> 16 commute days/mth x 5 mths = 80 commute days/yr
Spring/Fall (Apr, Oct) - commute 3 days/wk -> 12 commute days/mth x 2 mths = 24 commute days/yr
Winter (Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar) - commute 1 day/wk -> 4 commute days/mth = 20 commute days/yr
Total of 124 commute days.
Said commute is 88 miles one way, 176 miles round trip
total miles commuting is 21,824 miles. Using federal mileage reimbursement for 2023 of 65.5 cents per mile, that puts my commute cost at:
$14,294
Potential increase in salary? gone. It only would make a difference if the 8% raise kicks in but I'm not relying on that. So uhh. not taking the new job if I don't make more money and I have to drive 3 hours a day. I could take part time shifts at the local employee owned gas station chain and come out ahead.
