![]() ![]() Just learn the alternatives and weigh whether (a) the extra time they take will be worth it (i.e., your normal route is at a standstill) and (b) whether THEY will be backed up by thousands of people with the same idea! Some days, if there is a horrific accident that has brought the city to a standstill, there is nothing you can do. If you hear on KYW that the Schuylkill is backed up starting at Passyunk or Vare, you know you're gonna have a long commute! Sometimes, it is worth taking the Ben Franklin and going out of your way up the Vine Expressway. I've been commuting from SJ to Philly for years (not to work at a hospital, but in various center city and near-west-philly locations) and for me, the key is to always have a Plan B. #Chop commute philadelphia free#But I hope you decide to take the job, HUP is a wonderful place to work!! I passed up the opportunity to work at much closer NJ hospitals (with free parking and an easy commute) to work there, and I don't regret it at all! You just have to be smart about it (which I'm not) and listen to the traffic reports to avoid anything bad. Sometimes it might just take you 2 hours to get there. I hate being late but sometimes you can't avoid it because traffic can just be so awful at times. I have only been late a couple times, because of bad accidents. I usually leave my house around 6/6:10 (day or night shift) and get there at all different times depending on how the traffic is. Now I work night shift, and we get free parking all the time, so I always drive in. But then I got tired of waking up even earlier to catch the train on time and getting home so late after a 12 hour shift so I started driving in. I used to take patco (speedline), because when you work day shift you have to pay for parking, $12 during the week and $5 on weekends. Sometimes there are accidents on 76 west that back things up a lot, but for the most part it is okay. You go in early enough and avoid most of the traffic. The commute in the morning actually isn't bad if you have to be in at 7 am, and the commute home after your shift isn't bad either. Hi! I live in South Jersey and work at UPenn. Personally, I'd go for it! Keep us posted! So what unit will you be on if you take the job? Would love to hear all about it, and how you landed such a great opportunity. ![]() will add commute time to your already long day, but as someone who has used public transportation to get to work before, it can be nice and relaxing "down" time. ![]() I don't know much about parking at the complex down there, but traffic is a total nightmare, even on campus, and they provided free parking for volunteers, but I think employees have to pay to park at any number of parking garages on the campus. If you look into something like this, you kill two birds with one stone: no driving traffic, and no parking hassles. They don't go all the way to the university area up there, but there is a pretty busy bus/train (?) stop about a block from the hospital. Almost any time I go into Philly, I take the PATCO trains. I'd love to work at Penn or CHOP one day.but if I did, I would seriously consider using public transportation, depending on where in SJ you live. However, I'd hardly let that deter you from accepting a job at Penn! That's fabulous! Good for you! What a prestigious place to work. The part I hated the most was leaving a shift and having to merge onto that horrible expressway into the LEFT (fast) lane of traffic, with cars coming at you at about 80 mph. It's that darn Schulkyll (sp?) Expressway, which seriously needs to be re-worked. The commute is brutal, and the time of day hardly has any effect on it. (I'm still a student.) There's no easy way to say it. I live in south Jersey, too, and volunteered at CHOP for awhile. ![]()
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