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Hi OCUK,
Should I take a big pay cut to spend more time with my young family?
I have three options:
1. Stay at my current job [edit: That requires travel Mon-Thur/Fri every week] where I'm likely to be promoted and looked after
2. Go to another job that requires travel and be paid maybe 15% more
3. Go to another job that doesn't require travel and pays 20%+ less
I'm erring towards 3. We have two young children and I'm hoping to convince the wife to go for a third soon. We can likely afford option 3, but it means a hit to our living standards and a significant drop to my pension contributions.
Cheers,
Chris
Should I take a big pay cut to spend more time with my young family?
I have three options:
1. Stay at my current job [edit: That requires travel Mon-Thur/Fri every week] where I'm likely to be promoted and looked after
2. Go to another job that requires travel and be paid maybe 15% more
3. Go to another job that doesn't require travel and pays 20%+ less
I'm erring towards 3. We have two young children and I'm hoping to convince the wife to go for a third soon. We can likely afford option 3, but it means a hit to our living standards and a significant drop to my pension contributions.
Cheers,
Chris
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