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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Well that's pretty much unanimous. Would anyone be swayed by the $400k offer being with a "hot" company and/or the prospects for advancement at current firm being "okay" but not stellar?

I'm guessing no, but I'll ask since I'm getting firm responses here. [/quote]

No. There is no such thing as an 80 hour work week, particularly at a "hot" company. That $400k is buying you - all the time. Some weeks that might be 65 hours and most weeks it might be 80, but make no mistake, you are at their beck and call.

The only way I would consider doing it is if I had no/grown kids, a non-working spouse who could accompany me on business travel and was happy to handle everything at home/deal with my schedule, and if my career aspirations were to get to the C level at a big corporation. In that case, you have to put in those hours anyway, might as well make bank for them.

But, I don't think this is the case for you. You said: "I've always said that being rich means having lots of time more than lots of money." Stick to your values and beliefs that you came up with when you weren't being dazzled with an extra 200k. That belief doesn't change, you just are willing to sacrifice it because of temptation. [/quote]

OP here, thank you for the detailed response. My spouse works as well and while the additional income could probably afford us to drop to one worker, that seems like an unfair thing for my spouse to be obligated to accept. I also have kids, and while I certainly would love the C suite, I'm not cut out for it because, well frankly, I'm too lazy to ever make it there, and have little desire to put in the hours needed. Years ago I turned down a path at Goldman Sachs - odds are id be a multi millionaire by now had I gone, but I don't much lose sleep over it, although I'd also be lying if I didn't have a hint of envy watching my friends board their gulf streams while I check out southwest for my vacations hah! On the other hand, I have vacations, they have nannies who take the kids places.

And you are correct that they will own me. The job is operational in nature (think of manufacturing - something that run 24/7) so there's never ever any downtime; at least not if something happens. Worse, the operation is busiest at night given the time zone differences so I worry the possibility of the emergency 2am phone call is not just real, it's likely.

It's the best job I've ever been offered and by far the most lucrative - staying where I am now, I'd be happy to end my career with that kind of compensation... But, in my heart, as I sit here making marshmallows in the fire with my children, I don't know that I have the mental and emotional fortitude to do it. I just don't think I'm a strong enough person, even if there's a part of me that wishes I was. And perhaps, I even feel like it's my masculinity in question: society says a man should "provide" and in DCs particularly fucked socioeconomics it seems all that much more pressing.

This thread is helping me sort through my emotions a lot, thanks. [/quote]

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