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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you're aiming to negotiate, I'd negotiate for 1 week a month in office, with the company paying for your hotel/travel (or hotel, at least). I would think M-Th nights gone once per month would be less disruptive than two days once per week. [/quote]

I did that when I did DC to NYC thing but trouble is company did not want to set a precedent in directly paying costs.  They agreed to put an extra 5K in my paycheck at end of month the first year, if I quit before one year I owe it back. After that I pay on my own however if I relocate and buy a home within first two years I get a one time payment of 60K. So was a sign on bonus with stipulations.

I ended up buying a house after four months as did not want to pay rent. I still got the 5k amount as not tied to my housing costs. After one year I put in I relocated. Meaning changed my work address Maryland, put plates on car in Maryland, filed taxes in Maryland for myself and put in for 60K. My family did not move till month 18 of deal.

My wife was like worse case we have a house in Maryland if did not work out. It only became real when she paced up our house of 20 years, sold it, moved kids school.

BTW when I worked in NYC a young guy at work in 20s on Wall Street who lived alone walking distance from office did sublet living room coach to another guy at work who was married with kids doing commute thing. He would come in Monday morning and Leave straight from work on Friday. So he stayed on his sofa bed four nights a week. He also with vacations, sick time, holidays, training, conferences only around 10 months a year. Back then he threw out $1,000 a month for his coach. It worked out well. The young guy was free cash, had place himself every weekend, they do Monday night football, drinks and  old guyer throw it on card. They did it a few years.

I had my own place in NYC at time and also single and would gladly jump on deal. I would have taken $500 a month. And my friends at time at IBM had a apt posting website in house. My buddy got two roomates in his Astoria place he worked with. NYC unlike DC this stuff happens.

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