Originally Posted by
ZapBrannigan
I don't know. I ran into a guy commuting from a city in eastern North Carolina to Oakland the other day. He's been doing it for a couple of years and he is rightfully miserable.
Wishes he was still at his previous company. Applying to American because even JFK/LGA/PHL (and certainly CLT) is an easier commute than Oakland for him.
While we all understand that anything can happen when we take a job like this, I think we can agree that "just happy to be here" only goes so far.
I left my last company (another major) after 6 months of an untenable commute, only to get here and get OAK right out of the box. Just as bad if not worse. I would have had to apply elsewhere again had I not been fortunate enough to have been hired during a time when a stay in OAK was only a couple of months long.
I definitely get what you're saying, but I also feel a lot of sympathy for the folks who have been stuck with a transcontinental commute to reserve for 2+ years.
On the other foot there’s guys who were hired here in the mid-2000’s who commuted to OAK rsv for years because the recession and age-65 killed all movement.
This job is 100% timing. That NC guy will prob be able to get BWI by late Spring if he’s still here. Doesn’t matter where you are…being at the bottom when the music stops sucks.