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I have two points to help you. 1) You need to be happy, not being happy impacts everything else more than you think. I am not happy with my role now and I can see how it is negatively affecting those around me. 2) I am a single dad who had my kiddo when I was making 65k. Everything ended up fine
This is very fair. And something I have thought about.
My biggest draw to consulting is the idea of making partner (ha ha I know funny). If I make it’s all worth if. If I don’t then it wasn’t worth killing my self over.
Honestly, when I compare my consulting experience vs. presales engineering, I work closer with my customers actually do more consulting than being a systems integrator. Making 45% more is even better.
I read this as sacrificing your happiness for the happiness for wife and child. Your day/week/working years will stretch on if you don't enjoy what you do. And you'll also have regret if you left a job you liked.
I would never want my husband to make that sacrifice. If there are any things you can cut out of the budget, I'd start there tbh. Maybe save a but less until the wife can pick up part time work a few years later. Or maybe you take the other job with the understanding it's only for a few years until you've saved enough extra or wife can go back to work.
Thank you for your response! At the end of the day my family needs will always come first. That just how I operate and think.
When I was in Sales I was serving smaller markets and working with junior reps so it was usually falling on me to close the sale. This new role will be Enterprise level so much less falls on my shoulders.
Another way to look at it is WLB. I do know in this new role it will be better. No more late calls follow by early morning meetings, less travel (when applicable), and less internal initiatives/projects. These things might out weight not loving the role and spending more time with family.
How much money is 50%? Going from 80k to 120k is massive but 300k to 450k is less so, in terms of the impact of the marginal dollars.
50% is probably too much to pass up now, unless you think you can get 25% or more by switching firms within consulting. That could be a good middle ground possibility. How easy would it be to get another 50% increase sales job later?
Reminder: you may not be eligible for parental leave benefits until you are employed for a year. So if you're already expecting, and you leave now, you may not be able to take leave. Examine the policy details very carefully.