We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015)

Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015) by jonsen on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:08PM (#23977205)

Many people do this.

Yes but average is lower. First Google hit:

Value for the US (Minutes): 26.6:

https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/a...

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Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015) by monkeynotes on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:15PM (#23977282)

Ok, well in the UK the average is 59 minutes. Being an average it means many people are having longer commutes than that. I'd like to see the mean number.

https://news.sky.com/story/average-commute-to-work-now-takes...

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Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015) by jobigoud on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:59PM (#23977925)

They don't link to the study but they say 221 hours per year and since there is about 220 working days per year, I think the 59 minutes figure is per day, not for each way to/from work. So about 30 minutes one-way. The US study saying 26.6 minutes is also one-way. So basically they are fairly similar and reasonable.

A 2-hour one-way commute just seems crazy to me, I know it exists but I think it's very extreme.

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Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015) by jonsen on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:53PM (#23977815)

It’s comparable, US number is one way. With one hour commute per work day it’s a little over 1/5 then. With four hour daily commute you are over 1/4 but not close to 1/3 of your time.

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Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015) by monkeynotes on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:35PM (#23978428)

As I said, there are around 112 waking hours in a week, spending 37.5 of them working is not 1/5th of your week, it's close to 1/3.

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