Making 150k (no structured bonus and 5% origination fee) at my small shop. Decent/ok work-life balance but doing a lot of the aspect of my job I don’t love. People are ok a little bit of a weird vibe in the office. WFH once a week with an hour commute. New offer is from a much larger firm for 220K plus bonus structure and with 15% origination. Flexible WFH options and 1800 billable hours. Hard to get a sense of work-life but seems to have a good reputation via Glassdoor. [continued in comments]

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Don’t be afraid of the potential move in a year, it’s also easy to explain in a simple cover letter. If you build a good reputation at your new firm, maybe you can ask for referrals for another good firm in the new county/state you move to. I would take the job!

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No one is going to ding you for moving to a new city because your spouse is a doctor and got a new job there. This is where a recruiter comes in handy. Good luck!

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This is a no brainer. You can easily explain the quick jump on a resume given your circumstances.

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This.

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Take the money early in your career. Pay off loans, buy a house, really kill your 401k (maybe even buy a rental property or 2). Then if you want to take a step back for family or just WLB you’re fine taking the $ hit because you’ve already covered most of the big ticket items.

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@OP, That's up to you based on the boundaries you set and are able to enforce.

Possibility that I maybe moving states in a year for my husbands work… also only been at my current job for 9 months. Scared look like I’m jumping around on my resume.

What would you do!?

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Unfortunately no. It’s a huge variable right now - my husband is finishing residency in a year and he is starting the job search now. We have been wanting to leave NYC so we are thinking this is a good push.

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Doesn't sound like there's much keeping you at your current gig. The pay bump and wfh flexibility should be easy enough to explain as to why you only stayed 9 mo.

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I’m given a lot of respect, autonomy and appreciation at my current job so I feel very secure but this is just to big of a salary jump and opportunity to work with some of the best in the game. But the fact that I maybe leaving in a year is scaring me a bit

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Make the jump. The job market is still pretty hot (though, admittedly cooling off), so I don't necessarily think a future employer will ding you for making the switch, either. Personally, I know a handful of people that started new jobs in the last year who also switched again a few months in.

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If you don’t mind me asking, what area of law do you practice , ?

Transactional - real estate/ financing/M&A

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I would seriously consider making the move. Work life balance is overrated.

I understand that. I think what I'm saying is a busy transac group is not going to have much "work life" balance (or at least it will ebb and flow). So, firms can sell "work life balance" but in reality a busy firm/practice doesnt really have that.

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