For really real, with an actual salary that doesn't totally insult me and everything!
There's a catch! Of course there's a catch!
It's my old job! In Maine! Rural eastern Maine! And it doesn't come with insurance! But it's a 50% raise over what I make now so I can probably afford to pay the penalty and go to the Dominican if I actually need medical care! But with the cost of living factored in it's probably only a 25% raise! ECHGF hates the idea of moving to Maine! But she'd get prime bartending shifts in the summer and be able to work part-time and go to school the rest of the year even though she hates the cold! I love the idea of being back in charge of a kitchen where I can actually cook awesome food the way I want to cook it! But I also still hate being cold!
I am completely torn, PD!
The tax penalty increases each year. In 2016, it will be over $2k.
That's great!
OR
Damn! That sucks.
How do you think the stability of the job is up there? A year, two years?
It's Maine.
I wouldn't do it.
Congrats on the real and actual job offer! Can it be used as a lever to improve your current position?
That's a tough one.
On one hand, money and power.
On the other, you seem to really be enjoying WA.
Could this be used to propel you to doing something on your own, like a truck or something?
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on February 20, 2014, 07:48:55 PM
Congrats on the real and actual job offer! Can it be used as a lever to improve your current position?
Gonna find that out soon enough.
Don't you love Seattle, though?
A lot?
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 20, 2014, 08:14:27 PM
Don't you love Seattle, though?
A lot?
He holds down Seattle the same way I hold down Tucson.
Actually I fell out of love with Seattle after 3 years of living in Portland. I do love Everett, where I actually live, but I'm leaning towards "I can be happy anywhere if I'm happy with what I'm DOING, show me the goddamn money".
If I can make the housing costs out there manageable and make the moving costs and logistics something less than a total nightmare.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 20, 2014, 09:27:43 PM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on February 20, 2014, 08:14:27 PM
Don't you love Seattle, though?
A lot?
He holds down Seattle the same way I hold down Tucson.
Understood.
FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS FUCK MOVE TO MAINE GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT
I'm really having a hard time coming up with a reasonable argument for not doing this. It's more money, no more late nights, cook the food I wanna cook, and be able to hopefully save some money for the inevitable move to STT when the folks get too old to take care of the house and property anymore.
ECHGF is not that stoked on it, which is understandable, but seems willing to indulge me. Though, as with anything, there's probably going to be a catch.
A catch called "marriage," perhaps?
Take the job! Live like a poor college kid to save money. Aquire profit, and move somewhere else when the job tanks. Burn Maine down as you leave.
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on February 21, 2014, 11:36:21 PM
I'm really having a hard time coming up with a reasonable argument for not doing this. It's more money, no more late nights, cook the food I wanna cook, and be able to hopefully save some money for the inevitable move to STT when the folks get too old to take care of the house and property anymore.
ECHGF is not that stoked on it, which is understandable, but seems willing to indulge me. Though, as with anything, there's probably going to be a catch.
If your current place won't make it worth your while to stay, I can't imagine why you would.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on February 22, 2014, 12:06:33 AM
A catch called "marriage," perhaps?
Yeah, but that's not the objectionable part.
I have to be willing to live with a cat.
I'm with Net. Being a selfish bastard in matters of paychecks has always worked for me.
Then again, I am single. Living in a bedsit. On the only high part of land in this area, surrounded by floodplains. With shitty internet. This metaphor is getting away from me, but what I'm saying is I can afford to be selfish because my actions only really affect me. I'd try and sell it hard to ECHGF though, in pretty much the way you put it above.
As for the stability of it, it's been in consistent profitable operation since the early 80's. It'll be there for as long as I ever need it to be and that probably holds true for my entire life, god forbid.
It was, in fact, my very first place of employment. I bussed tables there in the summer when I was 8. So there's a very deep sense of satisfaction that comes along with being called up and asked back into the fold for more money than I've ever made in a restaurant before.
It's also the most visibly concrete way of ever potentially fully realizing my dream of being able to convert the family land into a cacao plantation when I do finally have to move home for good. Trees aren't cheap, and I'd like to not have to tie the family land up with too much outside investment.
For what it's worth, if you made the move, I'd eat there. Mrs LMNO concurs.
That sounds like a pretty awesome situation, totally!
My biggest hang ups are:
The winters. That's just gonna suck, no way around it. But at least this time I'll be employed indoors so I won't freeze or go stir-crazy.
No bennies, so I'll have to buy my own health insurance. That'll run me about 3K/yr but I figure I can make up some of that by buying really cheap groceries for myself through the restaurant.
The up-front cost of the move. This is the biggie, and the whole thing may hinge on whether or not I can get him to pay for some of it. I figure I can handle the 2-3 grand it's gonna cost me to break my lease here and secure a rental out there, but I'm gonna need him to pony up for the cost of actually moving, which I calculate as being around 3 grand including the gas to drive out there. That'll pay for a U-Box for all the furniture and bigger stuff to be shipped in and a small trailer for whatever's left.
I'm definitely gonna take a bit of an up-front hit either way if I do this but if I can get him to pay for the cost of the move I should be back ahead of where I would have been by the end of the year.
You do understand that, like LMNO, I will make the drive up to see you. Providence was a bit far...but Portsmouth? I'm on the fucking state line. It'll still be a 3 hour drive for dinner, but fuck it.