WWYD- Take a fully remote role for 140K or stay in a 5 day in office role for 200K TC? It’s so much money but I’m miserable. Both jobs are 45-55 hr weeks

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Remote role. You can get a side hustle and bridge the gap of the earnings, plus not be miserable.

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Fully remote, for sure.

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You tell me - is the flexibility of remote work + lack of commuting time + cost worth ~42K after tax?

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Its an incredibly hard decision ngl. But personally theres nothing more valuable than being remote. I think id go for the remote one. After taxes, the difference wouldnt be as big as it seems

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It would come down to how bad the commute for 200k is, for me personally

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Are you still a senior auditor? How did you get those opportunities?

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Take the remote job!!! Not worth sacrificing your mental health as long as your finances allow

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Tough choice for sure.. hard to take a 30% pay cut but if you're miserable then it might make sense to take the remote job. Whats the 200k role?

What’s the long term potential of each role? It drives me crazy to see these posts and watch everyone say to take the remote job. It’s so much more nuanced than that and the OP isn’t giving any details other than starting salary for each.

Also consider the other benefits like insurance, PTO/sick/parental, 401/pension, size of company/brand, growth opportunities, job title, likability of coworkers. In my experience pay alone won’t get you happy. I wish you all the best.

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