"Andrew Rendon liked some elements of his commute, though many people wouldn't. That's because his commute entailed a roughly 2.5-hour drive and a flight to boot. Rendon, a 31-year-old DevOps or development and operations engineer, and his wife used to live and work in central New Jersey, but within the past year the couple moved to North Carolina, where his wife found a job."
"So they packed up for the Tar Heel State, where they bought a home, and Rendon began supercommuting once a week. Waking up at 2 a.m. Most of Rendon's co-workers on his team were hired during the pandemic-era remote work boom and work remote to this day, he says. Because he was hired later, when return-to-office mandates started rolling out, he didn't get the same flexibility. Rendon knew his move would mean he'd be supercommuting."
Rendon and his wife moved from central New Jersey to North Carolina because comparable houses in New Jersey were prohibitively expensive. His wife found a job in North Carolina and his in-laws also moved south. After buying a home, Rendon began a weekly supercommute to keep his New Jersey job. Each week he drives about 2.5 hours to Raleigh, flies 1.5 to 2 hours to Newark, takes a train to the office, stays overnight, works an extra day, and returns to Raleigh in the evening. He enjoys driving, flying, and listening to podcasts, but frequent travel led to repeated illness and limited schedule flexibility.
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