Should I apply? (employees, temporary, job, pay)

[Grace84]

I am temping part time in an office in the housing sector. A full time position has come up and my colleague wants me to apply. The thing is it is a 35 minute drive and is 19 miles to get to. The annual leave is quite low at 20 days. I wouldn't mind doing the job but don't know if the commute will make me tired over the week and if I should get something closer.

[joe from dayton]

Apparently the pay is worth the drive and you are doing it now, so I don't understand the problem. 35 minutes is not a crazy commute time.

[MCNJ]

That’s not a long commute. It sounds as if you don’t want the job. Now you are a temp with no benefits or PTO doing this commute with possibly a lower pay rate that a person in this full time role. So apart from the commute and 20 days off which is pretty standard, there must be something else going on.

[kjg1963]

That commute is a piece of cake. Try only working 8 miles from the office but taking over 45 minutes to get there due to horrible rush hour traffic. Ahh, the joys of living in the Baltimore-Washington corridor.


If you are actually concerned about a 35 minute commute, then you really shouldn't take the job.


Also, 20 days (4 weeks) annual leave is not "quite low." Two weeks is usually the standard for new employees.

[Carolina Knight]

Why remain in a temporary job? A full-time job with time off, a reasonable commute, and benefits is worth taking.