Originally Posted by
rswitz
Yeah. In a few months I'll be at year 2 50/hour, which is better than xjt pay scales. So that's a factor. No clue about the bonuses. There's financial and performance or whatever. Not sure how that works.
Biggest thing for me is location. My fiance and I thought moving to Denver would be a good idea but we hate it here. Housing costs are out of control, too many hippies, etc. So we wanna get the hell outta here.
Unless you think you’re going to be a regional lifer for some reason, I’d recommend staying put, upgrade ASAP, and get out of the regionals all together. Making a lateral move like that is a huge gamble, particularly when another recession is looming on the horizon.
Too bad about Denver... I’m from there originally, and also left recently due to all of the reasons you mentioned. It was a great place up until five years ago.