Would you say this is a decent salary in this context?

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75,000 for 4.5 days a week… 9-5 four days and 8-11 one day. 30 days annual leave. Healthcare included.

Context, single parent with maintenance 550. Mortgage payments 1,500.

You know it is.

yeah here we go again

It’s ok, less than I earn, and less holidays, but my outgoings are more, it really depends on the rest of your outgoings. Is this for a new job?

It looks okay on the face of it but you’ve actually given no context at all.
age of child, any childcare costs, potential of increasing earnings, presuming the income you’ve posted is before tax so what’s the take home, what are your other bills, whereabouts in the country do you live, do you have any debt beyond the mortgage, what other outgoings do you have, what’s your lifestyle like currently…
not sure what you’re looking for with this thread.
Many people would be able to manage fine on that salary for 2 people adjusting their lifestyles. Is it manageable for you? If not, you need to look at either increasing your income or reducing your outgoings.

No one can say without knowing details of your qualifications, experience, location, the industry you work in, how much you get paid for over time, etc.

@LucyLancaster yes, it’s a big pay rise for me but I currently have a tiny commute and new role is a 50 minute drive

@TheChosenTwo sorry my dd is 2 and I have 5k debt

This is probably rage bate.
It always baffles me that people on high salaries (who will argue that they are oh so clever and have worked oh so hard) have NO knowledge of what a good salary is.
Do they not listen to the news or have any awareness of the world around them?

You'll probably need to take in some ironing, consider getting a lodger, get rid of all your subscriptions, not be able to take a holiday, have a meal out etc. If you do that maybe, just maybe you'll scrape by.

You haven't actually given any context, apart from your mortgage.

You also need to factor in what percentage pension contributions your potential new employer would make versus your current set up.

What is your AIBU?

Well you are obviously on less now. So of course it’s better.

Well it depends on your current salary. Is a 50-min commute worth it if it’s only a 5k raise? Then no. You need to work out how much the commute will cost you, both in terms of monetary value (ie how much will the travel costs be), and the personal time value (ie will you get less time with your child, will you have to pay extra childcare, will you be home late and have to pay for cleaners, food delivery etc).

you need to sit down and do a pros and cons list. This includes the future career professions of current and new role.

What is your AIBU?

Are they expecting you to sacrifice your first born? Are they wanting you to sleep at the office and be on call 24/7

I'm struggling to see what is the AIBU?

And they miss out the very important consideration of what the job is.

Its a lot of money and its very well paid to most people but I'm sure MN could name a whole list of roles where its considered a pittance and they wouldn't leave the house for less than £100k. Plus they'd expect 60% WFH and a bonus.

The other consideration would be what are the hours and workload really?

Because many professional jobs, you'd have the same workload as anyone who's full time but if you wanted every Friday afternoon off, you'd just have to do more work at other times.