Is working at Cisco worth a 7-hour commute?

The Register ^ | Thursday 13th April 2006 | Ashlee Vance

[nickcarraway]

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[RadioAstronomer]

I used to commute across the US for work. Every Monday morning, I would hop a jet to SanFran (stay at a hotel) and every friday evening, I would hop a flight back. I did that for three years. (Fortunately before 9/11)

[SouthernFreebird]

Good God some people are stuck on stupid.

[Dark Skies]

What a dumb@ss. Telecommute, move or get a flying car!

[GeorgiaDawg32]

the man works at Cisco and doesn't telecommute?? Holy cow, I have a cisco program on my PC that I use by accessing any wireless connection and can go anywhere by IP my customers are..

[Gunslingr3]

What a dumb@ss. Telecommute, move or get a flying car!

No kidding, he works at Cisco for crying out loud!

[usflagwaver]

When does he ever get to see his "scenic" home? It is dark when he leaves and dark when he gets home. He could live closer and then go to Yosemite every weekend. I thought my 2 hour roundtrip commute was bad.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

This guy apparently has no time with his kids. What a life (not). I have always chosen to live near my job - 15 minute drive is enough for me. Any farther than that, I can't keep sane at home with my family.

[Malsua]

When I worked in Manhatten, I knew a number of folks that lived in upstate New York like Albany, Rochester, Ithaca, etc. They would commute in Monday morning, usually by train. They'd Have a dive they flopped at mon-thurs and went home Friday. I thought THAT was nutz but could understand it. 6 figure Manhatten salaries living in a huge home in the country is one way to get ahead

This guy takes the cake.

[Centurion2000]

I must say that unless Dave Givens is running Cisco, he's a complete idiot for wasting 5 hours a day of his life just to get to work.

[weegee]

The 9-11 hijackers forever ruined "flying cars" for everyone.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

We have a friend who is a network TV exec. He was also doing something similar - had family & home in CT, hopped a plane to LAX on Monday mornings and came back to CT on Friday nights, getting back to their home in CT at about 1am on Sat. morning. After about 3 years of this, his wife put the hammer down. As much as they wanted to remain living in CT, it wasn't worth it to have no dad around during the 5 school/work days of the week, and they all ended up moving to CA.

[Living Free in NH]

I had a 190 mile round trip commute when I lived in Maryland - from St Mary's county to Rockville. I was a shift worker so it wasn't too bad because I never hit rush hour. The occasional 12 shift made for a long day and short turn-around, but the commute really wasn't too bad.

When I got a new job that gave me a 50 mile commute it seemed like a ride around the corner...

[patton]

I still do it.

[aShepard]

Total Idiot Alert!

[Oliver Optic]

who pounds more than 30 cups of coffee by the end of the day

Yikes ... I thought my 3 cups a day and 45-minute commute to Birmingham were stretching it.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

The glorious Yosemite country and horses make the commute worth the effort to Givens – who pounds more than 30 cups of coffee by the end of the day.

According to the article, Givens gets to spend about 8 hours at home each day during the week - time he presumably uses to sleep. Whoever's enjoying the country and the horses, it sure isn't him. No amount of country and horses could make me spend that much time commuting each day.

[martin_fierro]

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[weegee]

30 cups of coffee a day will probably take some sort of toll on his body as well.