Should I trade my WFH $70k for $100k big job?
I currently work from home and make about 70 K. I’ve had this job for two years. LCOL area.
I average about 10 hours of actual work a week, and basically do whatever I want most of the time while still being available for my salary job if anything needs to be done. I actually like what I do. I work independently most of the time, but also close with our executives.
There is some drama at work amongst our executive members that sometimes trickles down to me. Our CEO is very cordial, but I have had a suspicion for a long time that they do not like me. CEO quietly confirmed it to my supervisor when confronted with their treatment of me (that it is noticeable with how they treat me) and told my supervisor that they will work on it. I have full support of my supervisor and we work together very well. I have always been very well liked by leadership throughout my entire career, so this is weird for me. My CEO dictates my job as we work closely together, and my job is just basically whatever they would like it to look like versus true industry standard. I have to admit it does stress me out a bit knowing that the CEO does not like me. But that is nothing new, I have known it for about a year now. The constant criticism frustrates me to say the least.
Besides that it’s overall a pretty great gig. The longer I stay in this role will probably just open up opportunities for me as well. As it currently stands I have zero performance issues and have no documented issues that would result in me getting fired soon. It just makes me wonder if at some point I would be getting pushed out. However, the CEO has included me on plans for projects in the near future. We have a god-awful HR department so that makes me nervous.
I have a job offer that has quite a bit of bragging rights in my field, is 100K but with a 40 minute commute, and I would imagine a lot more work and possibly stress.
I’m not sure if I should continue to ride out my current situation and see what happens, or if I should jump ship and make a little bit more money? I also could be taking my work from home job for granted.
ETA- we are trying to start a family right now. If I were to get pregnant and have a baby, I could save money on childcare and be with my baby at home and do my job at the same time. With my current job. I could not do that with the new one. Someone in the comments mentioned that I should factor in personal life and this is something I’m weighing as well
TLDR - should I keep my 70 K work from home job working about 10 to 15 hours a week but dealing with some conflict, or should I take a job that has 100 K salary with a 40 minute commute and more hours