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More money + commute + stress
Less money + no commute + no stress
I currently work from home office
Not desperate yet. So still have choices.
With every positive, comes a negative.
We still have a mortgage, but it's manageable.
Plenty of things to consider.
 
Jampy00 said:
Nope full time, but a completely different (and much less stressful) job.
5 minute commute, discount on equipment (I actually started as a customer)
Doing rough math it would be about a 15-20k pay cut from my current home based role. As for that 1 hour commute, it's one way, back roads, all year. For a 50k raise in pay and probably more stress as I would go back to management.

Luckily at this point I'm not desperate, so I enjoy exploring options.
I'm also keeping some details vague on purpose.
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It sounds like you have a healthy control of the financial wheel.

It's sad when a person or couple has a freakout over a $20 surcharge because they're picking up their kid late at daycare and it means they have to go to the food bank or they miss their mortgage payment. There are a lot of them and the present political circus isn't taking down the tents.
 
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ifiddles said:
Not a hope in hell that I would even contemplate a 1 hour commute one way...did that for 9 months at my first job out of university working for Xerox...lived in Oakville and drove to Victoria Park and Sheppard...I knew this wasn't for me when one day, I was on the 401 around the 400 and I didn't know how the hell I had gotten there...quit that and found my first full time banking job with a small trust company in Oakville (had experience from working at CIBC during the summers for 4 years prior)...heck, when hubby and I were dating and talking about getting married, I told him there's no way I'd move to Cambridge, so if he wanted to get hitched, he'd have to move to Milton...there's something to be said being 3 km from work and not having to deal with all the crazies on the highway...

Maybe you could increase that offer from your current part-time employer to something closer to what you're looking for...for me, my time is precious, and not to mention you'd be saving on fuel, oil changes, wear and tear on your vehicle, etc...good luck!
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Being too close has its drawbacks. I knew a maintenance guy that lived a block from the plant. He got every alarm call because he was so close.

Up to a half hour is OK for me
 
nobbie48 said:
Being too close has its drawbacks. I knew a maintenance guy that lived a block from the plant. He got every alarm call because he was so close.

Up to a half hour is OK for me
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In that instance yes. For 99% being close typically is a good thing.
 
nobbie48 said:
Grow yellow beans. I had a taste for some instead of the green ones and they were $8.00 a pound. Green were $3.00. Vegetable caviar.
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I couldn't grow enough for it to provide yearly income.
But I like your thinking 🤔
 
I work 5km from home and come home everyday for lunch. It's glorious just to get a break and sometimes mid-day nap. When I first moved to Orillia I calculated that I could take a $2.50/hr pay cut and still come out even without having to pay for gas in my car. So I did. Since then I've moved on from dealerships and parts department and have an okay salary.

Turns out if you ask your manager to be a reference for job applications, they'll immediately go to the owner and demand you get a raise 😅
 
Amazon said:
Turns out if you ask your manager to be a reference for job applications, they'll immediately go to the owner and demand you get a raise 😅
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Or you find yourself without a job and a reference. Glad it worked out for you.
 
Jampy00 said:
Or you find yourself without a job and a reference. Glad it worked out for you.
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It'll be a quick way to assess whether you've over-estimated your worth to the company.

In most cases, it's quite an expense for an organization to re-fill an existing position and have to on-board/re-train a new employee, not to mention the temporary dip in productivity. Much better for them to retain an existing worker.

The only exception is if the employee is a drag on the company and you're looking to get rid of them anyway. So a resignation becomes a blessing rather than having to initiate the firing process which involves legal.

But on the whole, a raise and/or new job title to keep an existing employee happy is much easier and cheaper in the long run.

I've always requested a raise in the context of what the market is willing to pay (me, specifically) and have always gotten a raise. Sometimes I have to hint that I'm being actively headhunted to light a fire under management's butt. Do it right after a positive work review to so there's no objections over performance issues.
 
Jampy00 said:
Or you find yourself without a job and a reference. Glad it worked out for you.
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In my case, I knew it was a safe bet. There's 3 of us in sales (4 if you include some of the purchasers sales) and I bring in about 50% of the business. They struggle to cover for me when I take Fridays off for vacation which are our slowest days, so I know they'd be f'ed to keep up the load if I left.
 
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In my case, I knew it was a safe bet. There's 3 of us in sales (4 if you include some of the purchasers sales) and I bring in about 50% of the business. They struggle to cover for me when I take Fridays off for vacation which are our slowest days, so I know they'd be f'ed to keep up the load if I left.
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Glad to hear it's worked out for you. You're quite lucky.
 
timtune said:
Amazing how many fall for that.
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Yes, seen it first hand, happened to a co-worker years ago.
He's still at the same job and I've had four over the same timespan.

Finally got an interview at a company I'm actually interested in. If anything I'm glad someone actually read my resume.
 
Jampy00 said:
Yes, seen it first hand, happened to a co-worker years ago.
He's still at the same job and I've had four over the same timespan.

Finally got an interview at a company I'm actually interested in. If anything I'm glad someone actually read my resume.
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Good luck! Let us know how it goes!
 
Well another disappointing waste of my time.
Applied for position on companies website.
Couple weeks later get a call to schedule a phone interview
10 minutes before interview, get a text the need to reschedule for later in the day. Ok.
10 minutes before rescheduled interview another text, need to reschedule for next week asked me to pick date time. I reply with date and time.
No reply text to confirm
On the date time I was asked to schedule. Nothing...
I text, I email, I call. No reply...
Sad part is I was very interested in this company and the position. Thanks to their idiot HR guy its now a lost opportunity for both the company and myself. Ugh..
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