True or false! People who spend more than 38 minutes commuting to work are highly likely to resign!
If you’ve ever spent more time commuting to work than eating a buffet, you’re not alone! According to the INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard 2022, Bangkok has the second-most traffic congestion in Asia and the 32nd-most in the world. That’s not exactly “ranked” in a sense that’s anything to be proud of.
True or false! People who spend more than 38 minutes commuting to work are highly likely to resign!
Do traffic jams really make office workers want to quit?
Harvard Business School says that if you spend more than 38 minutes commuting to work, you are more likely to feel stressed, bored, and start to wonder, “Is this the job I’m doing?” And what’s even more shocking is that for every additional 15 minutes of commuting, job satisfaction decreases. Are we working or playing a game that has a system that reduces character energy?
From “going to work” to “living on the road”
Many people solve the problem by listening to music, watching TikTok, or scrolling through social media. But when they get to the office, they have to stop these fun activities. Their brains can’t switch modes in time, and they end up not wanting to work!
And that’s not all, traffic jams also come with health packages such as:
- Back pain, neck pain, eye pain – sitting for too long and staring at your phone until you are tired
- Cystitis – Frequent holding in urine because you can’t go to the toilet.
- Inhale PM 2.5 for free – with no expiration date
16 minutes is a reasonable travel time (but can Thailand do it?)
Research says the เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา ideal travel time is 16 minutes per trip, which… is probably not possible in a country with world-class traffic jams like ours, because even a little rain can make your travel time jump to hours.
The office is starting to adapt, but the problem still has no solution.
Many companies have tried to solve the problem by allowing employees to come to work at any time, or Work from Anywhere, to reduce stress from commuting. But this is only the end of the problem. In the end, Bangkok still has the same traffic jams.
And until there is a real solution… I wish everyone safe travels. And if you spent 3 hours commuting today, I’m sorry. You just wasted almost half a day of your life to go to work for 8 hours.