Reply to Help me work out the pros and cons on this job change

Forum Index » Jobs and Careers

Reply to "Help me work out the pros and cons on this job change"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I’m someone who just downshifted and am LOVING having the flexibility of not having a structured 9-5 I’m expected to be at 5 days a week. Truly can’t express how magical this summer has been with my kids compared to the normal summer camp full time two parent working shuffle so, keep that in mind as I answer.

But if this would just be extra padding and you’re already on track to retire in your late 50s I would probably stay put. But this is totally a personality thing. I greatly greatly appreciate flexibility and control over my day and time. Also remember that working full time costs money. Like you said you’d be putting some of those costs into more care for your kids, cleaning people, commuting costs a couple days a week, likely lunches at work some, wear and tear on a car, etc etc. It’s a big pay increase for sure but also, dang with a traveling spouse the flexibility you have is pretty great.

That being said if mentally you really need the change and you see yourself wanting to go full time for sure as your kids get older than go for it. But it sounds like this could be a great thing to do in early retirement, continues to bring some padding for you all, allow you some mental stimulation without a lot of hours, give you family the time and attention it needs. That’s what most of us want. It’s hard not to try to optimize but you seem pretty optimized. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics