Just got an offer for a a PE job in a MCOL city, 200k base+bonus. Currently make 110k base + 32 bonus at Bain. Am I crazy to not take the offer?

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Depends if you want to be a PE associate in a MCOL city. 6 months from now if you get early direct promote you’ll make ~that. If your friends are in the city you’re in now, is giving that up worth more or less the same money 6 months earlier? I said no to a similar offer because I liked my apartment, city, and friends.

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Good thoughts. Couple of callouts that I'd love to get your thoughts on:
1) Early direct promote is out of the picture--not something I have the rating for, nor what I want to strive for (SC up my whole time at Bain)
2) Excluding NAP, position will pay ~65k more over the next 2 years with no base/bonus increase
3) Me and my husband both have lots of friends in the MCOL city
4) WLB is reported to be significantly better (which is odd to hear, and something I'm going to press on, but anything less than 70+ hours/week in PEG sounds more sustainable)

In that case, it sounds like it might well be a rational move for you to do it. I just wouldn’t use comp as a reason to leave all your friends. I’m a firm believer that your 20s are to be enjoyed with good friends. If you want to work in PE and live in the new city, then go for it! But if it’s only for the money? $65k is a drop in the bucket over a long career. I’d pay that to be with my friends guaranteed in my 20s.

Would also say that SC+ can work for EDP - would just be vocal that it’s a thing you want. If you ask LT to view you in that light, they often will

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