As gas prices continue to rise I’m definitely starting to feel the pinch. When gas hit $4 a gallon I figured out that it cost me about $15 to go to work and drive back home. That’s a pretty respectable amount of money spent on just going to the office especially considering that my job offers me the flexibility to work from home.

Lately I’ve been hit with the delema of if its really worth it to go to work. By me working at home more often I can effective give myself a raise by cutting down on expenses. I used to follow the rule that unless I had a good reason not to go to the office I would just go into the office. However I kinda fell like that is shifting the other way, where i’ll go into the office if i have a reason to. It seems like such a waste if I’m going to spend all that money on gas and the time it takes me to drive in if I’m only going to be sitting at my desk and not speaking with anyone else.

I’m not the only person in the office that is starting to take this approach either. Some of the other guys are increasingly starting to work from home. Although I have the longest drive some of my other coworkers have a pretty respectable commute also. As gas prices continue to rise I think our office dynamic might start changing more. One of my coworkers has taken to biking into work more often as a way to cut down on his gas bill.

PS: I saw a tank on the beltway on my way into work today.