I have seen a job that pays 55K, is 8 days a fortnight and fully working from home. I currently earn around 80K and do have some work from home but also travel a lot, sometimes weekly.
I meet the person spec for the 55K job. Obviously no idea if I would get it so all very speculative.
I am a single parent, one income plus £300 a month in maintenance. I have about 40K in savings but have significant work on the house needed, new roof and rafters and substantial rewiring plus then decorating costs. It is fine for the medium term but will need doing. My outgoings are fairly low, I have a mortgage of £700 a month, fixed for 3 and a half years.
My current job is hard, it’s high stakes, I get paid to make tough decisions. Job I have seen would not be like this. I am not unhappy in my current job but it is pretty relentless. I reckon I could do it for 2 more years.
Am I being unreasonable to let a potential job pass me by. Especially as it is 55K, 0.9 and fully WFH?
Money would be tighter but is not the most important thing to me. I could pay the bills, have modest holidays etc but once I pay for work on the house my savings will take a hit.