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ChristyML

So my husband works at an engineering company right now. He just got hired in September. He makes X amount of money per month. Well his cousin has a company in another state 1000 miles away. If he worked there, he would be making at least 3 times what he makes now. Now there is no insurance with his cousin, but with what he would be making, he would be able to afford insurance for all of us. His cousin has housing for his workers and for family, he doesn't charge nearly as much. My husband's dad works out there now, and he buys all of his food and necessities in bulk back where we live since it is so much cheaper here, so he doesn't buy it there and waste a bunch of money (which is what we would do).

The only problem with going to work for his cousin is that he'd have to leave his current job, the one that he really wants to work for in the long run. He would want to work for his cousin for a few months. He loves his current job, and he doesn't know if it would be guaranteed if he left and wanted to come back to it. If he went to work for his cousin for a few months, we'd have all of his student loans paid off, a down payment for a new house, and possibly a down payment for another car (that we really want, but almost really need; I'm tired of sharing one; we don't have public transportation in our city).

My husband is waiting until next year when he has a bit of time off saved up to go out there and work and make a bit of money. I personally would love for our family to go out there for a few months and get everything paid off and have some money saved up, but I don't want my husband to leave the job (or career) that he loves.

What would you rather do; go out there if it meant having to start all over in the company you love (my husband just got his first raise), or stay put and have it take longer to save up money and pay off debts? My husband would probably just have to start over, he wouldn't lose his entire job. I'm curious to see what you ladies would do in this situation. 

palm513

Is it possible for your husband to take a leave of absence, from his current employer and then come back to the same position oh say 6 months down the road?

If not I would say go with what will make you and him happy. Money is important but

FemShep

I would invest for the long term and choose career. Leaving a job is a big deal, and it's not guaranteed that your H will be able to get the same job backor an equivalent one. If I were your H's manager, I'd be really annoyed that he left just as he was r

Mysterious_wife

Cost of living must be higher if you are taking food. 3xs the amount isn't a lot, if you are paying more for food, gas, and necessities. You won't come that far ahead in the long run. Not to mention working with family rarely works out.

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ChristyML

Thanks everyone. What all of you said is what we're doing, it just stinks that there is an opportunity to be able to make so much more than he is now, and get us out of debt and have a large amount of savings in less than a year, and we can't go there jus

ChristyML

fredalina:

If you aren't really NEEDING the money, I choose career. I'd hate to go and then find out I'm unemployed and look l

Courtimilk

My FI turned down a job that would have paid him 5x more than I make monthly. It would have involved being gone for days to weeks at a time with short notices prior to assignments. Aside from him never being home, it'd never be more than a ''job''. Althou