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I have elected to not proceed with this opportunity, right now it just didn't seem like the best fit for a couple important reasons!
Wishing you all the best for lots of lovely memories with your 1 yo and a fruitful career ahead!
I’m not a mom, but I would never travel that long for a job. Sounds exhausting. And, would get old really quickly.
With the craziness going on in the job market, I would stay where you are right now.
Promotion without compensation sounds toxic. I would be looking for a new job.
Right? I’m beyond upset and know that this lack of compensation plus other work environment factors is something I can’t do long term. I have felt this way for about 2 years, but we conceived and had our baby so I have kind of tabled all my grievances about working here.
I live in LA where a 15 mile commute to Downtown LA averages about an hour during rush hour (which in this area is between 5-9a and 4-7p). That's literally my threshold for tolerance with the commute.
There's another part of LA called Century City which is about 35 miles from where I live. It is over 2 hours for me in rush hour traffic. Many firms pay amazingly on that side of town, but I absolutely refuse because for me the money is not worth the commute. When I have looked for jobs I have told recruiters there is no money that will get me to accept an offer on that side of town, and I have also been willing to take a pay cut to be remote.
The only way I would consider the position you are talking about (which for me would also need to be an increase in pay of at least 36k annually) is if the position was hybrid and I was expected to do that commute not more than twice a week.
I am a mom of three and I absolutely cherish these days with them. Being so far from your child, especially when they are younger is HARD. My husband has largely covered sick days and whatnot with me, so it's not even like I'm the primary or default parent. But I can't imagine being 3 hours away and my kid needing something.
The money can be life changing, but you have to think about full picture what all the entails and changes (including putting you away from your child 30 more hours a week). You already work 40 and your commute only adds 2 hours over the whole week. I just can't imagine it. Sorry, I know that sounds woefully dramatic.
No it doesnt, at all! I know from a current employee that it is not daily travel, home office but yes I will be required 3 maybe 4 days to be in my territory. I am Pittsburgh region, so we do not have the same traffic issues you do! A 3 hour drive is literally driving 3 hours and that would be the max, most areas within my territory would be an 1-1.5 hours away most days. The 3 hour travel would be seldom. I will certainly be asking if my travel is required outside or during my "work hours" So if I need to be 3 hours away, can I leave my house at a reasonable time 7/730a or at 5am?
I am struggling bc I havent been in sales in 6 years, but my current role is capped and I do not see myself doing this for 20-25 more years. The base salary is about $35-40k more than what I currently make, plus quarterly/EOY bonus opportunities. So do I try this opportunity to make the money and pocket it away for a few years? It would certainly help us save significantly more than we currently do. Our current income allows us to live very comfortably but with the state of the economy and rising costs, I feel like this will be limited.
I am just so challenged with staying in a mundane job and this potential huge salary bump opportunity, along with working with a larger company again where there are many other job advancements and networking.
OP, Have you considered moving?
No, either way some markets would be 2-3 hours away no matter where I lived within the territory. Western PA not much between PGH > Erie or PGH > Morgantown etc... lots and lots of land!
3 hours 1 way is almost a full extra workday on commuting alone!!
I’ve got 2 under 2 and wfh to stay up on all the extra housework while kids are at school. My spouses commute is 7min and we just opted out of a housing option that was 30min away because the speed of commute was important to us.
Your current job should be compensating you for extra work. Negotiate now (“I’ve been performing these duties at or above expectation for a month now, let’s talk (contractual) compensation for this added value.” You owe it to yourself and your family to be fairly paid for your time. Whether or not you stay there forever, take care of you for right now.
Alternatively, see if your new company can be remote. That job of my spouses is based in Atlanta and we live in Chicago. He travels down there 1x/month on average and we can make do with that to keep both of our careers progressing without negatively impacting the kids.
There’s really good podcasts about negotiations as a woman in business. Please please please don’t shortchange yourself.