Dude, business travel is pretty important detail to omit! LOL! The daily commute concerns get overridden when the TSA suddenly gets injected into the mix.
Dude, business travel is pretty important detail to omit! LOL! The daily commute concerns get overridden when the TSA suddenly gets injected into the mix.
LOL.
I do have Pre-Check!
Actually, I consider travel a plus, as unpopular as that sentiment might be with this crowd.
Dude, business travel is pretty important detail to omit! LOL! The daily commute concerns get overridden when the TSA suddenly gets injected into the mix.
I actually don't mind traveling for business occasionally, but I don't think I'd do well with it being a constant part of my job. But that's largely because I'm a shitty sleeper and hotels make it worse.
As much as I travel with my family, I rarely get to meet people now. It is too difficult to make plans without constant modification or plain cancellation.
Take the $$ out of the equation for a minute- what job really appeals to you and you feel would make you happier??
There's a point where you need to do what makes you HAPPY. We've both been around long enough that you may have heard this story, but I'm going to share it anyhow.
DH was an attorney. He crashed and burned out of the field. We went from a 6 figure salary to him making nothing then he took up tutoring which netted us MAYBE $12K that year? I was working and making a somewhat decent salary (but not 6 figures) AND this is when I got PG and had a kid.
He eventually got into the tug industry. Started as a deckhand and has made his way up (now at 7 years) to a mate's position. He makes close to what I make, but I'm still the breadwinner. And I still make less than 6 figures.
He is SO MUCH HAPPIER with his job and his life. He was truly depressed when he crashed and burned.
$$ in nice and you alone can really decide what you can or can't afford, but money is NOT everything and I feel you've got to look past the $$ at some point. This may be your chance to really make a change that will end up being a great change for you.
It sucks to lose the $. I wn't lie. But there was a trade-off and it was worth it.
I'm happy enough.
I can tell you what would not make me happy -- $12k a year.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a shitload of other things.
I know myself. I like money. I'm not an inspirational story like your husband.
Are there any tugboat captain jobs in LA? You never know!
I voted job 2. That's a lot of money, plus a better title, and you can always keep your eyes open for something closer.
How do you think the first boss would be to interact with daily? I've worked for ambitious people that made me throw up daily due to stress and ambitious people that I loved and enjoyed interacting with. That's usually what I look at most, having been miserable in a law firm where nobody lasted more than 1.5 years aged me exponentially.
Eta: I voted 2 bc that's a fuck ton of money to give up and I'd only do it for some dream job, everyone holds hands and loves each other, it's been enchanted with fairy dust, kind of job
I'm glad you picked up on that.
Working for a younger version of myself could mean I might never get ahead at that company because she's already ahead of me.
Last year I left private practice to work in-house. I'm 45 and my boss is a very ambitious woman two years younger than me. I like her, but it's very hard working for her as she has issues with micro-management and delegation. She corrects my English (from UK English to US English) and sometimes takes over my projects because of her experience in this business. She is incredibly stubborn.
I used to be really independent (M&A transactions' of counsel) attorney and the change is not easy.
Personally, I would prefer working for the older boss - who has a great sense of humor and who will retire in the years ahead.
Oh, and farmvillelover pointed out to me that I left out an important detail. Job 1 requires nationwide travel to company stores with issues and new stores.
This may sway all of you who keep asking about working from home. (No, that's not an option. Come on.)
oh come on! Why do I always fall for your ridiculous polls?
Did you just recently state posts asking for opinions are dumb because people just do what they want?
Post by notoriousmeg on Jul 26, 2016 7:30:59 GMT -5
The money and travel would sway me to #2 and the boss thing would be huge for me. I currently have a co-worker who is younger and super eager and ambitious, and she drives me nuts. I am good at what I do and a hard worker, but I am not over the top eager and could not work for someone who is.
oh come on! Why do I always fall for your ridiculous polls?
Did you just recently state posts asking for opinions are dumb because people just do what they want?
I did. And now you see why. Even when people try to provide thoughtful answers (which I did not, btw), they're wasting their time. I mean, you apparently have to travel to job #1 in a time machine so that you can work for a younger version of yourself for less money, and a lower title. There's nothing wrong with that necessarily, but it's not a real choice given Job 2. Yet, it was heartily debated by you well meaning fools.
Did you just recently state posts asking for opinions are dumb because people just do what they want?
I did. And now you see why. Even when people try to provide thoughtful answers (which I did not, btw), they're wasting their time. I mean, you apparently have to travel to job #1 in a time machine so that you can work for a younger version of yourself for less money, and a lower title. There's nothing wrong with that necessarily, but it's not a real choice given Job 2. Yet, it was heartily debated by you well meaning fools.
I'm late to the party but #2 all the way. The travel is a perk for me and the commute is no big deal. I wouldn't want to have to explain the pay cut and demotion in title in possible future interviews.
Can you work from home at Job 2 after a significant enough period of time? Even if not, I'd take that job and then bounce in a year. Don't go backwards. I did that to move to Santa Barbara and it took FOUR years to get back to what I had been making when I moved there, and EIGHT YEARS of killing myself to get back to where I would have been on a normal progression had I not taken the three year detour.
Plus, 25% more means that you can get a studio near the office if needed.