Quote Originally Posted by Mike41793 View Post
I would NOT look for a job in North Side right now and take a $4/hr pay cut. You posted a thread very recently about worrying about your finances between you and your bf, so i doubt that would help that situation. Yes, you would have more time. But with the extra free time you'd be worrying about money. I would try and get a sales or operations promotion at your current job and then once you get experience in that look for a sales position closer to home. Or closer to where you guys plan to buy a home. How close is your bf's job to home?
Thankfully, my other half and I sorted out the difference in our pay and he is actively contributing more to the household stuff, so that has taken a lot of pressure off. But obviously the idea of a pay cut is HUGE and something I want to greatly avoid.

My boyfriend's job to home is all highway, so it takes him 20 minutes to get to work on average. Sometimes less. However, if we were looking for a place where we are wanting, it would put his communte at 10 minutes.

I am leaning towards that option as well. I'm just really nervous about making that kind of a jump. I've never worked Sales before, so it's a daunting idea. But I'm sure I could do it, given a bit of luck and determination. So that's definitely where I'm leaning towards.

The other slight downside to this (it's somewhat minor, I suppose) is that getting a job in Sales is good, but I'd be working mostly with pipe and oilfield hardware. The North side of town doesn't typically have anything oilfield related. It's all on the South side. So if I were to transfer, it would be to a completely different division of Sales. Does that generally matter, or is Sales experience Sales experience? Anyone familiar with that?