To turn down £70k salary

[Plonker85]

I’ve been headhunted for a job with a property developer. They’ve offered me £70k plus benefits plus likely 4 day week (I have young children).
My current salary is £50k with local government and its flexible, I can leave early to pick kids. And I know the job inside out.
It’s such a tempting offer but I just want a work life balance and not have to prove myself over again by starting a new job.
Am I mad to turn this down?

I am relatively senior at a large developer and I’d say actually in my experience (junior role to where I am now over a period of 10 plus years) I’ve had a lot of flexibility and understanding around family pressures.

What is the role exactly? It’s really relevant in understanding the precise pinch points regarding work/life balance.

Feel free to PM me.

I would act as if the money was irrelevant and just choose the job which will fulfill you the most. On 50k I'm assuming you're not struggling for money so it's not like you desperately need the extra. My experience is if someone is paying you an extra 20K they will want to get an extra 20K out of you.

I recently took a 20% pay cut and even though we can't afford luxuries it was still 100% the right decision.

I think having a job you enjoy that is flexible makes a huge difference. I know its corny but write down a list of all the things that matter to you e. G. Money, people, flexibility, learning new skills, being well respected, not being bored etc. Then rank them in priority. Some in the new job will be unknown so find out what you can on these. Then see if it stacks up. I think this sometimes helps declutter our own thought process and can make things clearer. I recently turned down a new job as it didn't offer the things I care about but did offer prestige and money.

what Willow above said. And don't forget to consider the future - what are the career perspectives, will you be happy if you stay/go in 10 years?
(I'm just changing from job I know inside out to a new one where I need to prove myself, because I'm bored of knowng things inside out.)