Just got offered the ability to do my job remotely from another state -- same DC pay

[Anonymous]

I have been wanting to move back to my home state for some time and after finally announcing my intentions, they offered it! I CANNOT imagine making my DC salary in the midwest state I will be moving to. It's just unreal. Plus I get to escape the cubicle environment after so many years. Just take a break from the rat race and the stress of the daily grind. I am well aware that there are some definite drawbacks to working from home, such as loneliness and always being home. But I'm going to follow advice to avoid this (join groups of others who work from home to meet with for lunch, set aside a dedicated office that I only enter during the workday, etc).

Should this contract end, I can easily find another job there. It's not work specific to DC. So I really see no downside to this.

Anyway, I just thought I'd share my excitement and appreciate any advice.

[Anonymous]

Congratulations! It sounds like a dream.

[Anonymous]

Great, OP. Sometimes things really do work out how you want them to.

[Anonymous]

Look for a co-work space?

[Anonymous]

Must be nice that God answers your prayers but not mine.

Consider yourself blessed.

[Anonymous]

The downside is where you'll be moving. BUT sounds like you like this place. However, I wouldn't be happy. I like what DC has to offer and living in such an educated city. We also can afford to live in DC and if we couldn't maybe we would feel differently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The downside is where you'll be moving. BUT sounds like you like this place. However, I wouldn't be happy. I like what DC has to offer and living in such an educated city. We also can afford to live in DC and if we couldn't maybe we would feel differently.

How is this a downside? She clearly made this post because she is happy that she'll be able to move.

[Anonymous]

No downside at all. Don't look back.

[Anonymous]

Make sure you stay connected to your company and make regular trips back out to DC to get face time with your colleagues. At least 2 times a year and more like once a quarter. Otherwise you will be first to be forgotten, laid off or otherwise let go when the company is struggling or reorganizing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make sure you stay connected to your company and make regular trips back out to DC to get face time with your colleagues. At least 2 times a year and more like once a quarter. Otherwise you will be first to be forgotten, laid off or otherwise let go when the company is struggling or reorganizing.

This

[Anonymous]

Congrats OP! The same thing is happening to me (midwest, too) and I'm so excited! Maybe we're going to the same city and will meet at the same "work from home" gatherings

[Anonymous]

TAKE ME WITH YOU!!!!!!

Congrats OP.

Sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The downside is where you'll be moving. BUT sounds like you like this place. However, I wouldn't be happy. I like what DC has to offer and living in such an educated city. We also can afford to live in DC and if we couldn't maybe we would feel differently.

Awww shucks. Guessin' OP 'll hafts figure out how ta get some of that there book learnin' in the new digs with help from all the edjamacated folks in D.C.

[Anonymous]

Just so that I can live vicariously though you, how much $ and what general area (or an area like it)?

[Anonymous]

So jealous. Husband and I both had DC based jobs (and salaries) living in an amazing city that otherwise had terrible jobs. It was the dream. Problem was (unlike you), that there were no other jobs to switch to there. So when he was promoted and told to move back, we had no choice. My only comment about this type of arrangement is that it is probably not a forever job. I have done a couple remote jobs, and while i had no problem creating a great home office and getting motivated every day, I found that after a couple years there's an inevitable distance that both affects the employee's enthusiasm for the job, and the employer's long term interest in developing the employee. But you can definitely milk 2-5 years of happiness out of the position, and then move on to something else. Lucky you!