Hello,
I'm turning to the internet to get an outsider point of view on my job situation.
I have been working for almost 8 years for the same company, an engineering company in construction. The job is good, I like the work, the pay is OK. Only con is the distance. It's in the big city 50km (30 miles) away from my home. I commute by train, this is the fastest way to get there since a lot of traffic on the roads. Travel time is 15min bike ride to train station, 40min train ride, 15min walk to office, so in reality about 1h15min one way. Workday of about 9hours in reality, So about 11,5hours away from home for 3 days a week, 2 days a week work from home.
So far so good. Last year I got a kid. This changes things. Less time to spare, but situation stayed manageable to the limit sometimes. Now I got a job offer to work in the engineering department of a contractor in construction. The job is for a large part similar to my current job. The pay is similar, a bit more but with higher upwards potential. Pro is that it's only 15min one way by car with almost no traffic, but I'll have to buy a car. Con is that I'll have to be more flexible qua hours and longer working days most of the time. But the commute is so much shorter that longer working days not necessarely mean always longer away from home. There is no option to work from home. Extra info, I live in a more rural region where there are not much interesting job opportunities for what I want to do. So this opportunity to work closeby is kind of rare. Moving is not an option for the family.
I'm not sure what to do. That's why I ask the opinion of the forum. What advice can you give me? Or what would you do?
Thanks in advance for the reactions.