Reddit Experience · Mar 2026 · New York

Full time WFH for 95k or 2 hours drive (back and forth) 3 days a month for 155k?

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I currently work full-time in cybersecurity from home and have never needed to go on-site. My salary is $95K, and I have 4 years of experience. I recently received another offer that is also remote, b

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I currently work full-time in cybersecurity from home and have never needed to go on-site. My salary is $95K, and I have 4 years of experience. I recently received another offer that is also remote, but it requires being on-site 3 days per month. The office is about a 2-hour drive away, and they do cover hotel expenses. But because I’m a parent and my partner also works full-time, I can’t be away from home for 3 nights in a row. That means I’d have to drive back and forth each of those 3 days. I live in the New York area, so taxes are quite high. The new role would come out to about $2,000 more per month after taxes. Would you take this offer? what do you think?

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