Is a 90-Minute Commute Worth It for Your “Dream Job”? [BA QA]

Brown Ambition

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Careers, Education, Self-improvement, Investing, Business

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Hey BA Fam! Mandi, Yanely, and Chris tackle a listener’s dilemma about whether to stay at her “dream company” despite a brutal 90-minute commute and no work-from-home flexibility. Plus, hot takes on corporate America’s return-to-office demands and the recent shopping boycott! The crew debates whether any job requiring three hours of daily commuting can truly be called a “dream,” especially when promotion opportunities are 2-3 years away. Yanely shares Jamie Dimon’s leaked anti-WFH rant (“If you want to keep your ass home and be lazy, stay home!”), revealing how corporate pushback against remote work is often about protecting profits, not productivity. This episode delivers the perfect blend of practical career advice and unfiltered commentary on workplace politics that BA fans love. Email your questions to [email protected] or DM us @brownambitionpodcast on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, BAFam, welcome to the BAQA where you have questions and we have answers, but like with a lowercase A, don't come to us.
0:13.7	This is like edgutainment, infotainment, whatever you want to call it.
0:17.8	It's not real one-on-one advice.
0:20.9	Let's just get that disclaimer out of the way.
0:23.7	So get your salt shakers out.
0:25.2	I am joined by Janelli Espinal, aka Miss Be Helpful, and the wonderful Chris Browning of
0:31.6	popcorn finance.
0:34.0	Welcome, y'all.
0:35.1	You excited to get some questions?
0:37.0	Yes, let's do it. Y y'all if you want your question
0:40.0	answered on the show what can you do you can go to brown ambitionpodcast.com to submit your question
0:44.4	you can email me brown ambition podcast at gmail dot com yes i do check the emails there and you can
0:50.8	dm us on ig we are are at Brown and Bition Podcast.
0:56.5	So any questions you have, money, career.
1:01.6	We love those the most, but also like, you know, relationship, family stuff.
1:03.0	Life is lifing right now.
1:07.0	So really, whatever the case may be, we are here for you.
1:08.7	All right.
1:10.4	We got a couple of questions. Let's start with Sasha. Sasha says,
1:15.6	is DFW? That's Dallas Fort Worth. That's right. Is that what that is? Okay. Yay. All right. Sasha says,
1:22.5	I have lived in the DFW area for the last four years. When I moved here from my job, I worked remotely,
1:28.8	and I only went into the office for big events a few times a year. Now, fast forward to 2025,
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