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Mar 01, 2007 06:15 PM

Dilemma: Too fly to Reno or take less $


I have been offered a nice package to Reno except my current travel home is here in Vegas. I just finished an assignment in Jan and loved Vegas and signed a 6 mo lease, hoping for a quick start somewhere. Well that has not happened. I have been offered a Reno position for $34/hour plus $900 stipend. Now this means I will have to fly out every week and arrange hotel and possible rental car. However, I am not married, not kids, 25 yo and live with my fiance. Otherwise I will have to continue to wait out and do agency work, blah, or take a FT position which pays $24! Any advice. I am leaning toward doing it, and would appreciate any advice on how to do it if any of you others travel far for the moolah. Thanks!


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from traumaRUs
Old Mar 01, 2007, 08:49 PM

Default Re: Dilemma: Too fly to Reno or take less $
I used to do agency in Chicago (I live 200 miles south) and would go up on Friday afternoon, do a 1500-0300, sleep, do another 1500-0300 and then sleep for 6 hours and drive home. At the time (2001), I was making $31/hour there versus $20/hour at home. Well worth the time and effort.
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