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would i be stupid to take a job that requires a commute from MFH to east hanover
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Date: March 7th, 2025 9:48 AM Author: Ocher godawful national (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48724008) |
Date: March 7th, 2025 9:53 AM Author: poppy hyperactive striped hyena plaza as in you live in manhattan and got a job somewhere on rt 10? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48724022) |
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Date: March 7th, 2025 9:54 AM Author: Ocher godawful national i am in the final stages of the job getting process. the location is the one major drawback that is giving me pause on taking it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48724027) |
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Date: March 7th, 2025 10:01 AM Author: poppy hyperactive striped hyena plaza Are you single? why do you need to live in MFH?
EDIT: saw below.
How old are the kids? How much money does your wife make compared to you in the new job? Can she get another job easily? Unless you guys are very wealthy, seems like a move west is your best option. |
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Date: March 7th, 2025 11:35 AM Author: Ocher godawful national kids are 11 and 7
wife earns around $400k: about 40-45% of our HHI |
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Date: March 7th, 2025 12:23 PM Author: poppy hyperactive striped hyena plaza damn.
i probably wouldn't take the job if I were you unless it was a hybrid schedule and you only had to be in office 2 days/week. Otherwise you are never going to see your family. |
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Date: March 7th, 2025 9:57 AM Author: Chrome nursing home If it’s a good job, wouldn’t you just move out there and save a ton of money? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48724037) |
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Date: March 7th, 2025 10:01 AM Author: Ocher godawful national my wife's job is in the city and my kids like their school, so while it's an option for sure, we'd prefer to stay in the city (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48724044) |
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Date: March 7th, 2025 12:28 PM Author: Violent space Do you have a car? That would be rough on public transit.
If you have a car and there is a good reason to take the job, go for it. Plenty of people do that commute with traffic. You'd be going against traffic. But even so, the commute would be rough, so I wouldn't do it for a 15% pre-tax bump in pay or something like that.
Will they give you WFH days? You could negotiate that as part of an offer. |
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Date: March 7th, 2025 1:15 PM Author: Ocher godawful national no car, but would one if I got the job (public transit would be a non-starter starter given how convoluted it would be)
I believe the office requirement is 2 (moving to 3) days a week, so not terrible.
but yes, it would probably only be a 10-15% bump in total comp (partially offset by fewer PTO days), but better medium- to long-term career opportunities |
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Date: March 7th, 2025 2:24 PM Author: Violent space It sounds like you have ~$1M pre-tax HHI, right?
Don't take this new job. It's not worth it, unless there is something else that we're missing, like your current job is terrible, the hours are going to be much better, the future prospects are much, much better etc. A 10-15% raise at your astronomical NY and federal marginal tax rates, and factoring in the cost of a car and parking in NY, might net out close to zero. And you'll lose PTO days in the process, when you have young kids you should be enjoying those with?
If you are going to go for it anyway, get them to agree as part of your offer package that your role is 2-3 days a week WFH even if the more generally applicable policy changes. Many people are facing RTO. This would at least put up a road black to them doing that to you. |
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Date: March 7th, 2025 12:29 PM Author: comical background story i can't believe people put up with this kind of shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48724527) |
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Date: March 7th, 2025 2:26 PM Author: mauve locus people who are hurt the Tri-State takes no prisoners. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48725077) |
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Date: March 7th, 2025 8:23 PM Author: comical background story Totally worth it I'm sure! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48726450) |
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Date: March 7th, 2025 8:46 PM Author: Unholy University (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48726501) |
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Date: March 9th, 2025 9:54 PM Author: offensive big stag film (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48731792) |
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Date: March 7th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: razzmatazz cruise ship lol fuck that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48725112) |
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Date: March 7th, 2025 8:48 PM Author: dashing ruddy police squad I would give everything to have a job in MFH and move my kids to a real town in NJ. I don't care if I ever see them. As they grow up and go to Rutgers, they will begin to understand that it was all worth it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48726502) |
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Date: March 9th, 2025 6:37 PM Author: Ocher godawful national lol love this schtick (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48731240) |
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Date: March 9th, 2025 9:47 PM Author: poppy hyperactive striped hyena plaza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48731778) |
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Date: March 9th, 2025 9:48 PM Author: racy up-to-no-good athletic conference casino is rutgers good? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48731781) |
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Date: March 9th, 2025 9:50 PM Author: poppy hyperactive striped hyena plaza It’s like most solid flagship state Us. Some exceptionally smart people and some literal retards. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48731784) |
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Date: March 9th, 2025 9:48 PM Author: vibrant box office party of the first part youd be an idiot not to take it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48731782) |
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Date: March 10th, 2025 10:03 AM Author: Ocher godawful national ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48732583) |
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Date: March 10th, 2025 11:15 AM Author: vibrant box office party of the first part i dont even know what east hanover is. every 10 minutes in daily commute time negates 10% of your salary. ultimately were all dead men etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48732827) |
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Date: March 10th, 2025 1:19 PM Author: Ocher godawful national its a town in nj
commute form mfh is at least 1hr by car |
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Date: March 10th, 2025 1:26 PM Author: underhanded base How many times per week? Couldn’t imagine doing it 5 days per week. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48733379) |
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Date: March 10th, 2025 1:51 PM Author: Ocher godawful national likely 2-3x week (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48733479) |
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Date: March 10th, 2025 1:50 PM Author: vibrant box office party of the first part if youre talking about 1 hour each way subtract 120% from your salary. so basically you would have to pay 20% of your current salary to negate the misery/stupidity. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48733471) |
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Date: March 10th, 2025 1:38 PM Author: poppy hyperactive striped hyena plaza It’s a town on rt 10 NJ. They have a Costco, home depot, dicks, bowling alley and movie theatre. Large population of Italians. If you live within 30 min of east hanover and have kids, you’ve been to at least 5 birthday parties at diamond gymnastics. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48733424) |
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Date: March 10th, 2025 1:55 PM Author: dashing ruddy police squad So basically all you need in a town is close proximity to a Costco's, a decent grocery, a tailor, a hardware store, maybe some after-school classes for your kids like soccer, gymnastics. And that's about it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48733507) |
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Date: March 10th, 2025 8:19 PM Author: poppy hyperactive striped hyena plaza I’ve heard not great things about east hanovers soccer club. It’s run by local dads and nepotism runs rampant. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5690354&forum_id=2#48734947) |