I have a friend who is a big fan of this forum and she suggested me to post here. I know economy is bad and its difficult to find job these days but I have a job and just got offer for another job for which I applied month back. I enjoy company of my co-RN's at my present job which is a non-union hospital. floor is always understaffed and all overflow comes to our floor, the hospital also has laid off some employees this yr. Frustrated with all this, I applied for job a month before from where I have offer now. its more pay but in big metro area and will have to downsize on my house. This hospital has union and have only 8 hr shifts.
I am in central valley california and my new job would be in San Francisco east bay area.
What wouid you do if you were me. Any input is appreciated :)
I live in the central valley too; although I was raised in San Jose and still go every couple of weeks (all my aunts, uncles, cousins live there---my parents were born there). What I have learned.....although there is more money in the bay area its actually less. Everything is more expensive and traffic is horrible. My cousin lives 9 miles from her job and it takes her almost an hour to get there everyday.
You have to decide...is more money with less family time (due to traffic) and less buying power worth it?
i have two income family where my husband earns decent pay. there is no seniority ladder anywhere easy in my job, they are cutting on staff and nobody will get any growth for some time. 3 managers have changed since last 5 yrs. bigger area always have more jobs than smaller area, just thinking !!!
if i buy house in central valley and rent it then there is lot of competetion there because of so much inventory but if i buy house in bay area then renting it out would be so easy if i had to get out due to any problem. just thinking !
have you done a cost comparision of houses in the central valley versus the sf area. i believe you may be shocked. from what i have heard, sf has one of the most expensive housing in the us. nevertheless, congrats on the offer. to move or not--the choice is completely yours--and your husbands.
How about I say, getting a house will not be a problem. This is not myself living in big city area for 1st time. I have lived in NY for 5 yrs and I understand the subway and bart ride.
its just that central valley is not much of happening place reg jobs, weather or vacation places. it feels like central valley is cheap in housing but here also a decent house in good neighborhood in clovis or north fresno is around 250,000 or above because as Fresno and bakersfield are gang areas, professsionals always want to live in safe areas. If I buy 30-40 yrs old house in bay area at or around 300,000, in Hercules, Pinole, Fremont or union city, rentwise it would have more return in future.
If I buy house at 250,000 in Clovis or Fresno then it would not rent out at money to even out my mortgage. Why anybody would rent out my house at $2000 when they can get two blocks down house at $1500.
In east bay area, the rent for houses starts over $2000.
If I stay at my present job and if they lay-me-off next year then it would be so hard to find another decent paying job soon. LTC has never been my cup of tea. If I go to bay area, even if I loose my job, I would still have option of applying to 10-20 hospitals in the area.
BTW, I am finishing my MSN this year.
I am trying to open up so I can get more feedback.
Someone gave me this advice the other day--Consider your two options. Flip a coin. After you check the result, note your immediate reaction. If your immediate reaction to the result of the flip is negative--you think perhaps you should redo the flip, maybe you should choose best of 3 flips, etc.--then the opposite choice was the one you truly wanted. It's interesting, and I am presently testing it in various scenarios and think it's true.
Union hospitals sometimes can be very political nasty places to work. Often times I have found that the unions cover nurses who really need to be fired.
Sure I can, but what I would do in her situation would not necessarily be what's best for her to do.
A pro and con list, along with a long discussion with her husband are in order. I supposed doing that just seemed so...obvious.
Maybe obvious to you, but to the OP.....Maybe not so much! I've seen quite a few of your posts and there are quite a lot with really good advice....You should share it with as many people as you can stand it and as many times as you can stand to (when they're asking, of course)!
I know saying the same "obvious" things to people can seem tedious but you'll be helping many along the way (hopefully).
Someone gave me this advice the other day--Consider your two options. Flip a coin. After you check the result, note your immediate reaction. If your immediate reaction to the result of the flip is negative--you think perhaps you should redo the flip, maybe you should choose best of 3 flips, etc.--then the opposite choice was the one you truly wanted. It's interesting, and I am presently testing it in various scenarios and think it's true.
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I live in the central valley too; although I was raised in San Jose and still go every couple of weeks (all my aunts, uncles, cousins live there---my parents were born there). What I have learned.....although there is more money in the bay area its actually less. Everything is more expensive and traffic is horrible. My cousin lives 9 miles from her job and it takes her almost an hour to get there everyday.
You have to decide...is more money with less family time (due to traffic) and less buying power worth it?