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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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6. It's complicated

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2015, 05:35 PM

Feb 2015

Does #2 pay at least 15% more than job #1? (That should be 15% more net.)

Job #1 will have you leaving at maybe 7AM and returning around 5PM.
Job #2, everything being equal, may have you leaving at 615 and returning at 545.

Is the eventual move for job #2 really mandatory or for your own convenience?
Does #2 offer flextime? (4 day work week, any chance of working from home occasionally...)

Is the drive to one of these jobs involve ugly traffic and the less traffic but a greater distance?
Do you find traffic frustrating?

How does your family feel about the differences between the 2?

(BTW I asked around here and they have nothing.)

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dream home vs dream job [View all] groundloop Feb 2015 OP

How long is the commute in 1 ? n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #1

45 to 50 minutes (hypothetically) groundloop Feb 2015 #2

I dislike long commutes so 1.n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #3

hah, I lived 14 miles from my job and had 1.5 hour commute every morning, hollysmom Feb 2015 #4

Long commute would do me in - that's two hours No Vested Interest Feb 2015 #5

It's complicated discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2015 #6

Another consideration discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2015 #7