How far would you travel for £27k job?

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Looking for a new job, I'm pretty desperate because I hate being out of work. My last job was a contract that ended last month. I am not in a particularly well paid field, but jobs are out there so I'm luck in that respect.

However, I'm noticing that the jobs coming up are often on the outskirts of my closest city (40-50 min drive). I acknowledge that this isn't earth shattering, but I'm not the most confident driver, plus I need to factor in school runs...

I wondered if this sort of length of drive is worth it, and usual? I have been lucky so far with shorter commutes.

20-30mins

Should have mentioned, my salary is £25k and my journey is 30-40 minutes. I have a small car (VW up) and petrol costs around £60 a month when working full time in the office.

We’re rural so travel for everything, I expect to have an hour commute for any job.
Driving confidence comes from getting on with it, after a few weeks you don’t think about it.

33miles taking an hour, that's what I currently do for that salary

What are your other options? Is it this job or nothing? Or will there be nearer/ better paid opportunities? I’d do it but I don’t mind driving...

It's a long way if you're driving. I commute (round trip) of 70 miles a day, which is roughly a 50 min drive each way. I would say I spend about £200 a month on fuel.

I earn quite a bit more than £27k though.

It's a push but it keeps you employed and they may be open minded to you working from home. Try it as a stop gap. I took a job 60 mins away from home after maternity but it was just to keep my CV going and 18 months later I found somewhere closer to home. It was a killer and it was a shit job.

However you may start and love the people and the job, and there may be opportunity for you to progress.

Well it obviously depends on where you live and what sort of jobs and salary are available closer to home. If you live rurally imo you need to be able to commute to work unless you can work from home (boring) or accept a basically nmw salary.

One of the great disadvantages of living out in the sticks is that pay isn't so great. Hence house prices and rents are generally higher the closer to a city or large town you are.

I think I'm going to hang on and see if other opportunities come up closer, and set my limit at 30 min drive max. Thanks for everyone's input!

I've travelled 1.5hrs for less, but it led me to my £50k+ job within a few years. It was necessary for me for my career as I couldn't choose where to live so had to accept the long commute, was worth it in the long term.

I live rurally so travel is always a must and my job is also quite specialist, so I drive 50 min - 1hr 50 (traffic dependent!!!!) for average pay. Other opportunities for my role won't come up closer to home, so I have little choice if I want to stay doing what I do - if you have the chance of other opportunities locally, then it does make sense to wait.

When I was on 27k I started work at 9 and had to leave the house at 7:45. It was fine.

Well I'd probably take it and keep looking for something closer. It wouldn't be something I'd do long term unless it was a much higher salary than what I'd usually get elsewhere.