My company recently offered me an Engineering role wherein it will allow me to have more flexibility on my schedules and work from home entitlement (which I currently need due to childcare). Problem is in accepting the role, I am expected to give up about 10% worth of my annual salary as well as my overtime (currently I receive extra 25-30% from overtime). My current role is "ok" but there is no longer any chance of progression. Do you think getting a paycut for more opportunities worth it?

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Something to consider is that while it's a cut in compensation on paper, if you're not paying to commute, and presumably no longer paying for childcare, it could be commensurate to a raise. The numbers involved in that would be meaningful. And if you're going to have more opportunity, that seems to make it a positive move.

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Absolutely agree with this one. You have to find a way to put a value on the benefits you are getting and then decide to you if it's worth it

You can always make money, but can you get a job with schedule flexibility and advancement?

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Totally agree with this. Finding jobs with flexibility is the hardest thing right now, even harder than finding decent salary. I think if you will save on childcare at all, that will offset the pay cut and will be worth it for your family in the long run

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Put it this way.... what is more (childcare) or 40% of your salary. Whatever one is the greatest value you swing that way.

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Just saw the working contract, it says work flexibility in terms of what time I can go to work. I can either come as early as 7am to as late as 10pm and go home after 8hrs. Work from home is allowed to at max 2 days per week. Any excess hours exceeded the regular weekly hours can be converted as an "off", this is up to 15 hrs (2 days) a month. Seems reasonable.
I might as well go for it.
Prior to my current role, I spent almost 13yrs as an Engineer (Design, NPI and Manufacturing) and just got burnt out so I decided to change career in trades. Seems like Engineering just keeps following around.
I appreciate all the responses. It does make sense though to choose something with more upside despite giving up on something that I can eventually recover.

Do you value your schedule flexibility and WFH to be 10-30% of your worth?

I don't think working from home should be considered an "entitlement"; it should be considered a privelege. At my last employer, I overheard conversations in the office that went something like this, "Have you heard from Mr. X? I show he hasn't logged onto his laptop in three months, we need to get our laptop back." And, "Why is Mr. Z, pawning off all his work on other people in the office?", etc., etc. Working from home should always be considered a privelege that can be revoked at any time. Period. Frankly, when I have worked more than two weeks at a time just to be home to visit with my family, I quickly felt disconnected from the program... "Out of sight, out of mind."

WFH requires a discipline that people either have or don't have. A slacker will be a slacker even at the office they just find ways to LOOK busy. I have a co-worker who might actually work 1 hour a day.. the rest of the time she is shopping, surfing the internet and on personal calls.. AND she is paid well.. Much more than me (different titles so the pay is ONLY justified by the title) Our boss spends his days behind closed doors in meetings much of the day so he's really unaware, but he wouldn't know anyway because she has that desk in the BACK where no one can walk up on her.. But I guess because we're peers she doesn't hide it from me..

But I digress, the point is many erroneously believe that a butt in a seat =productivity and connection and it does not.

I actually work MORE on my WFH days because I start earlier because I don't have to get dressed and fight traffic, I don't take lunch and I work later because I'm not worried about leaving to beat traffic.

My kids are adults who don't live with me so for me the office with all its noise, chatting and having to work through people's loud Teams calls is a HUGE distraction.. I don't have those things at home..

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