<prompt> Human: I know the accepted wisdom is that you need to factor in time wasted, gas, car insurance, wear and tear, parking transit fares etc to understand your cost of commuting and therefore consider moving to a job further away. However, Im having trouble figuring out how you could weigh this up if the company provides transport e.g. the famous Google buses here in SF. Say I have one job in the center of town, 25 minute commute by public transport for 3.50 per day paid for by pre-tax dollars. Then a second job in a suburb, an hour to 90 minutes drive away, with a bus provided that leaves 2 blocks from your house. How much more does the second job have to pay to make it worthwhile? If anyone uses one of these commuter buses - did you get rid of your car entirely? What if you work weird hours? Is it annoying not being near anything to pop out at lunchtime? Do you count the time on the bus as work time? Or do you nap?  <response>: It really depends on how much work you can get done on the bus.You may find that the 90 minutes is great for heads-down work e.g. replying to e-mail, preparing documents. Or, it could be pure torture. 