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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP- what is your end goal, and how does this set up your family to achieve it? Continued professional growth for DH, if so how long does he have to this? Is this the only job he can get and it is necessary? A chance to make/save a lot of $$ in a short amount of time? Your spouse hates his job and will take anything to get out of it? Or by "relocation" do you mean he is being relocated and can take that while looking for something back in the DC area?

This is a hellish commute for one or both of you, and/or puts all kid related issues on one person.

And a almost 2 hour commute each way, regardless of mode, is draining.[/quote]

I ask myself the same questions  :lol: I replied to one of the other comments, but my job is more secure with better benefits. DH's job is not as secure (and benefits suck) but has much better career potential (and he actually really enjoys his work). Unfortunately, it is the only job he can get at the moment, as he is in banking (he currently works in NY). He had tried so hard a couple of years ago to get into the government (Fed, OCC, Treasury etc), but without much luck because of a hiring freeze with the financial regulatory jobs. Plus there aren't that many private banks in the DC area.

He is voluntarily transferring to the Delaware office (with his current company, which started moving most of the offices to different states for cost-saving purposes, including to Texas and Delaware) because it's at least closer to DC.

But to your last question, yes, DH understands this won't be sustainable so he says he will do it for maybe 2-3 years and reassess.  Meanwhile he will look for other opportunities but I don't think he's going to be too aggressive about it - at least not yet[/quote]

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