Posted: 11/12/2016 8:14:45 PM EDT
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I'm having a Tough Time with this Decision, Ii thought I would get some opinions.
Current Job: $24/hour - 14 miles away. Take roughly 30 minutes to get there. I like the job, and have no real complaints. Smaller Company, not a ton of room to advance. Benefits are Decent. Job Offer: $30/hour - 70 miles away. takes roughly 70 minutes. Larger Company, not sure on room to advance. Benefits are roughly equivalent to job #1. Seems very straight forward; however I have nearly unlimited overtime opportunities at my current job. I can take the extra hour or so a day I would be driving and earn time and half over that time without the associated travel cots. I am unsure if these will always be available, but they have been there consistently in the past.I am leaning towards staying at my current position; but somewhat concerned that I am hurting potential future earnings by doing so. What would you do? |
| Do you have kids? 70 mile one way commute makes attending after school sports events very difficult. The wear and tear on your vehicle will add up as well. I do a 50 mile one way commute for my current project, and it really is starting to suck after 2-1/2 years. |
| First write your real wages (OT included) and travel costs for job 1. Then write out real wages and travel costs for job 2. That is the step 1. Step 2 would be think about advancement aka long term plans. After those two steps, you should have a good base of knowledge. Next would be family costs. I know some people would never work an hour each way b/c of the lost gamily time. |
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Married; 27 years old; no kids. Stress Levels are moderate at current job; I would anticipate them being similar at new job.
Travel costs would be relatively inexpensive for me. I drive an 11 year old saturn that gets 35 mpg highway. I do my own oil change every 5K miles for $35. Tires are like $400 a set every 60K miles. |
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An additional 112 miles plus 80 minutes of commute for an additional $48 per day doesn't sound like a good deal to me. $48 is pre-tax, so let's whittle that down to $30 after taxes. Figure damn near $70 daily expense using he .54 per mile or whatever Irs expense allowance. He's losing money AND time. I think we can officially call this situation a FUCK NO, regardless of family situation. |
