[hnlmorg]

I commute by train. I'm lucky enough to be guaranteed a seat. And it is a very comfortable ride. That time can be spent meditating with my favourite music playing in my earphones. There isn't a rats chance in hell I'd get that same quality time at home with two noisy kids running rampant throughout the house.

Have you considered that perhaps people making comments like mine are not shills, they just have different personal circumstances that you hadn't encountered before?

[wdb]

I wish commute by train would work in London. I had to commute for years out of London (living in Zone 1) and most of the time I didn't had a place to sit. Trains are also crazy loud in this country, and not really reliable and quite expensive.

They charge pricing here that could get me a year country-wide travel first class card in Switzerland.

[hnlmorg]

Regarding London trains: it very much depends what line you go on and how far down that line you are as to whether you get a seat. The reliability and expense problems are very real though :(

[wdb]

I was taking the train from Paddington to Hays and Staines. Tube wise Central line is horrible. One reason to work from home lol

[hnlmorg]

By "train" I was thinking more the overground and national rail services rather than starting your journey from zone 1 of the underground. But I guess, technically, the underground is a "train" too

[tech2]

Assuming that your commute is around an hour means you're "only" paying £4k/annum (after tax) for that benefit. I agree there is a benefit to the commute (for me it was the walk/exercise), but I find it hard to rationalize otherwise and that's a willpower thing

[throwme159]

I doubt they have, given the way their post was written. Expecting tech people to have empathy is a bit much.