To travel 100 miles a day for work for this salary?

[ThisPeachSnake]

Basically, I'm stuck. I've built my career in London, up to a salary now of 58k. I'm now a specialist in my field and I've worked hard to get here. We have been looking to move out of the city, as we just can't afford to buy here. We have one small child. I'm the main breadwinner, although my partner also works FT.

The only issue is that I can't find an equivalent job outside London. At all. The specs are wrong, or I'd have to take a massive salary cut and be demoted.

The place we are looking at is 50 miles from my work in London. Takes anything between 1hr5min to 2 hours according to Google maps. I can't work from home as I'm in a patient facing job.

So, just that really. Would you travel two hours a day to keep your job?

My daughter had about an hour and a half each way (when traffic was good) on her last placement. It became too much towards the end of her pregnancy so she ended up staying in hospital accommodation when she was on long days.

When you are looking at jobs are you searching key words or looking through jobs in areas at that band. I'm guessing you are an 8a??
Have you looked at roles where you would meet the person spec and have transferable skills at that band.

Good luck in your search. When you look at other roles don't forget to consider the increased travel costs plus 2 hours a day wages when you think about pay cut.

Having previously travelled into London for my NHS role I would never do it again, I'd rather drop a band. Some days the travel was 3 plus hours a day. On a straight run it was 45 mins each way. I will never get those hours back, you really need to consider this if your main reason for moving out is to expand your family and have a second child. you will realistically be looking at 10 hours a day away from home minimum.

Also think about the reality of travelling that distance when pregnant. I had horrible morning (all day) sickness and had to have a bag in the car at all times as there is no option to get off the motorway in a traffic jam just because you are going to be sick.