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Family first.
Just another perspective. If (1) you love your career and this is a great opportunity, (2) you have support from your partner and ideally some form of family or friends in the market you’d move to, (3) it’s possible that you won’t have LESS control with the CD role as the ACD one, I’d consider it. I became a new mom at my current agency and my kids are now 5 and 2. I’m glad I invested the time when they were tiny; today, when they’re actually more needy emotionally, I have more hard-earned autonomy and control over my schedule. There is no right or wrong answer — and I understand the brand new mom days are fleeting — but being a mom only becomes a bigger job with time, and investing in career now can pay returns — just when you need more time AND more money.
And, congratulations!
Choose your family/kids always.
Mom of 2. I’d do ACD in a heartbeat. Get settled in doing the working mom grind and reevaluate in a year.
At least for the first year of baby’s life, take the less demanding path. Chances are you won’t look back in 5 years and say Man I really should’ve taken the other job, but you will look back and say man I wish I spent more time with my kid
Also a new mom. How well can you rely on your partner to pick up the slack on the home front if you have to work late? Mine is a CD at a major agency, so “not well” is the answer I’d give, and I’d go for the lateral job as I don’t have family to rely on or would have to hire someone to help, and my own job at a major agency is crazy and not worth it, and I can already see myself getting mommy tracked But if I could have a less crazy job (tbh my current job is so insane, anything would be less crazy) in a smaller market for a promotion and with a partner who could consistently help out, I would take it in a minute. I love my kid and I love the time we have together, but I spent years building this career and I would want it to maintain its upward trajectory if I could as well.
What are your priorities? Kids are only young once. You don’t want to miss out on those days Where’s the CD job? If it’s in a smaller market you might get a better quality of life/hours as well. I’m assuming you have kids because you wrote “fam"
As a Dad I would sacrifice a whole lot career wise for more time with my son.
The only bigger question I would ask is what city you want to live in
This is bigger than advertising. You know what to do.
Congrats! If you have the support or can afford to pay for help, and the job excites you, take the challenging opportunity. Speaking as a mom who did not do that in the very recent past and is now stuck in a holding pattern career-wise.
@Wunderman1, exactly. It’s hard to believe as a new mom but totally true. Once you’ve found a school, mom friends and kid friends, a local babysitter network, and a kid who is understanding the world around him/her, uprooting or even suddenly investing more time at work becomes significantly harder. Double that if you’re thinking about having another child down the line. You’re relatively unhinged right now!
Most definitely family first
Do what is best for you. Your kids are better off with a happy mother than an unhappy one. Consider what you want, with some factors being, do you have family you can rely on, will you regret missing the kids milestones more than you will regret your own career milestones, can you deal with the time crunch every working parent faces. From what I have seen, if you are a high performer now, a few years on a slower track will not suddenly destroy your abilities.
In short - do what you feel good about.
Congratulations on new Mom-hood, and all the best.
Thanks so much all. Really appreciate the different perspectives here. Thanks for the support!!
I have a hunch that you will be a kickass CD :).
You'll regret missing your kids grow up to work for a client and agency that would drop you in a heartbeat if they could get it cheaper from somewhere else. Just MO.
What’s your partner’s work situation like?
Husband has a mostly chill job with plenty of comparable positions in basically every city.
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Move from where to where?