Does DH go for his dream job and take huge pay cut?

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We don't have a huge income. We can pay all bills etc and have one holiday a yr. We have 3 DC and can afford things like dancing and swimming lessons for them and the occasional treat, so we're not totally strapped.

At the moment DH works 2 jobs part time. One is his dream job, but now he has been offered the chance to do that job for another company full time. It would mean taking a 4K a yr pay cut and I just don't think he can.

I am so worried that the interest rates could go up, adding more on our mortgage etc and we could end up in real trouble. I work 2 days a wk, but really can't take on anymore as 2 of our DC are tiny, and our DD is at school but has SN and has a lot of appointments and requires a lot of care.

DH keeps saying he won't bother, but I know its what he has always desperately wanted.I know he is waiting for me to tell him to take it but I just don't know what to do

I took the same paycut once, between the same salaries, for my dream job. Seven years on, I have no regrets.

i would always try to enable the man i love tohave his dream job, unless it meant that we couldn't pay our basic outgoings.

holidays etc. are a luxury that i would be willing to do without for a couple of years and my DH would for me too.. especially if this is a change of career that will set him on a fulfilling path for the next ten, twenty, however many years.

I would say go for it, because a full-time job nearly always means greater career prospects than a part-time one. But 21k is a really low salary unless you are just starting out. If he haggled it up to 23k or even 24k, its not gonig to make that much difference, is it? And won't he save on commuting costs if he gets into the routine of going to the same place each day?

the tiny Dc will grow up. let him take dream job. find a way to manage. get a fixed rate mortgage fixed for five years so you know where you are

Hi,

Thanks for all your comments, just thought I'd give an update. DH met with the new bods, explained pay situation and they have offered 22.5K. He has accepted and will start in sept.

At the same time my rather lovely Mum has offered to have DC an extra day so I can work 2 days a week.

Thanks for all your advice regarding making DH negotiate. So glad he did!

oh thats great news!