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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I make around $310K and my husband makes around $325, but will monetize his promotion in January and probably make closer to $400K. When I've wanted a higher HHI in the past, which is reasonable because we have three kids and live in a HCOL area, I've asked for promotions and at the same time also hustled for better paying jobs. [b]Since I graduated form grad school in 2015 I've jumped from making $71K to $95K (promotion) to $129K (job change) to $310K (job change) and I'm interviewing for a job right now that will pay around $435K.[/b] I may actually make more than my husband soon, which is something I never ever imagined! If you want something it's fair to talk to your spouse about getting a better paying job, but you also need to focus on getting promotions or better paying jobs. See how far you and your spouse can climb together, supporting one another. It's far easier to hustle for a better paying job than it is to get a divorce and search for someone who makes the equivalent salary to you. [/quote]

Constant job-hopping is such a red flag that I don’t know why employers hire any of you people. I can’t fault anyone for trying to improve themselves, but as an employer, I’d say, “God bless, but you’re not going to pull that nonsense on my dime.”[/quote]

This is no longer true.  Staying in a job for a long time is a sure way to stagnate and is a vestige of times when there were pensions etc that accrued with time.  People now often view a person with too long a tenure at one place as not a go-getter, too rigid, or not good enough to have alternate options.  If you're not in a workplace that offers frequent significant promotion opportunities so you have a regularly changing title, you really do need to regularly quit and move.  It kind of sucks because sometimes you like your workplace, but it's the new reality.[/quote]

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