How far will *you* go?
Calculate the carbon cost of your daily commute
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| From | To | Days/year spent commuting |
Cost/year | Trees to offset carbon emissions |
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| Reading |  |
London | = | 18 days | £12,000 | 29  |
| Clapham |  |
Bank | = | 7 days | £1,600 | 1 |
| Brighton |  |
London | = | 28 days | £10,000 | 13 |
Your calculator
Here at Ecommjobs we very aware of how much location is increasingly affecting people’s job satisfaction and driving the desire for a change in job. Although flexible working and the occasional day spent working from home is a growing trend, for the majority people in order to maximise their effectiveness and influence across a business there remains a strong need to be at the office most of the time.
Why then should you burn so much of your time, money and carbon footprint on a burdensome commute? In the digital world, the balance in general remains tipped in favour of candidates with strong ecommerce experience, so we think you should leverage this situation and look for jobs closer to home. With this in mind, we have created a simple but effective calculation below that will give you an indication of the annual cost of commuting. We have also integrated Google-maps to allow you to search for jobs by location. So ask yourself – how far are you prepared to go? And we challenge you to Cut That Commute!