How much would it take? v.job relocation

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10-18-2010, 05:29 AM

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I would move closer and take the raise.

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10-18-2010, 08:20 AM

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It took a 10% salary bump + 7% in state and local taxes savings + relocation stipend + tremendous growth potential to leave Philly for Florida.

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10-18-2010, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by DakarM

so how percentage increase is approximately 11K increase in annual salary when compared your current salary.

when i actually relocated for a job i asked for 25% increase + car allowance or a company car.

i cant actually move for another year . . . some of the tax credits on my house i took require 2 years occupancy without having to pay back

it would be about a 33% increase

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Originally Posted by Tark

If the job permits I'd try to ask for 13 hour shifts and work only 3 days/week. That way you'd skip all traffic and No need to drive there every day.

no can do, i'm on call when my customers businesses are open

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Originally Posted by GotJDM?

A. At least you get a raise
B. Average commute in the U.S. is around 30 minutes
C. I drive an hour one way to work
D. I live in Utah where it snows a lot
E. Utah drivers are so bad

i live in michigan . . . i think i know a thing or two about snow and i know you get used to driving in it lol

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Originally Posted by k3ifers

i would not want to drive an hour to get to work.

take the raise, sell house, move, ???, profit.

see above, and i used to drive an hour and a half to work before this job. you get used to it pretty quicklyl

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Originally Posted by MrFatbooty

Driving farther will not just be a higher hassle level for you, it also costs you something. More gas, quicker depreciation on the vehicle, more frequent maintenance.

I sometimes place people in jobs where they'll have to drive their own vehicle for the job and standard way of compensating for this is for them to fill out a mileage log and then get reimbursed at the current IRS mileage rate. The 2010 IRS business mileage rate is $0.50/mile.

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/...216048,00.html

Since you're hourly, here's the formula to figure out how to pay for your mileage:

(Weekly mileage increase x $0.50) / 40 hours

If your drive is going to be 30 miles longer round trip that'd be...

30 miles x 5 days = 150 miles

150 miles x $0.50 = $75 mileage reimbursement

$75 / 40 hours = $1.875/hr to cover your mileage reimbursement

So....take this as the baseline just to break even from the longer commute. Then think about how much more they'd have to pay you in exchange for you putting up with the higher hassle.

thanks but i know all about mileage reimbursement and govt rates . . . previous job i used my own vehicle and did about 1000 miles a week. it's hell and sucks

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Originally Posted by DakarM

Wait is this the same job at a different location or a promotion?

same job, different location. he wants to bring me to him because he doesnt like having to call me everytime to talk and its hard for us to sit down and brainstorm on stuff

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10-18-2010, 09:30 AM

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33% is pretty good specially if it's the same job just different location. as you said you get used to the commute fairly quickly. i still have an hour commute each way and it doesn't bother me at all.

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