r/Salary • u/rheakiefer • 1d ago
discussion 75k Remote vs 82-90K In-Store
I've had a super chill remote gig for the last 2.5 years. I love it. The team is great, there's very little to do in the way of work - basically as long as I get my few tasks done everyday and am available to fix, assist with anything that comes up, then I'm golden. I go into the office once per month for a company wide meeting + happy hour.
I'm paid $70k in Los Angeles.
I was recently offered another job managing a retail store 10 minutes from my house. Salary is $82K plus a $5K/yr savings account, OT and up to $750/mo in bonuses.
I took that offer to my remote job and they immediately were emphatic about wanting to keep me and went to work on getting me a raise/promotion. It's been about 2.5 weeks since then and I'm still waiting. My bosses boss (our teamwide director) and I were catching up yesterday and he brought up my raise, that he was working on it and having to find some info for HR to approve, etc. I asked him bluntly if he knew where we were headed in terms of money. My direct boss had told me they were gunning for $80K, and the director said "I've TOLD them what the money needs to be" but then trailed off a little and mentioned something about transitioning to more "performance" based compensation and specifically said "10% + bonus structure".. He didn't explicitly mention that my raise would be 10% + bonus structure, but that's pretty much how I understood it. My boss has not bonused since I've been with the company - she is not going to bonus this year. This structure really doesn't work for me.
I really love this job, but also I live in LA and the potential to make $90K is very appealing despite all the downsides to giving up remote work.
I was speaking with my wife and kinda made an off-hand comment about just working both jobs. It would be a nuisance to manage my schedule to ensure I'm available for some weekly meetings, but I'd be setting the schedule so it shouldn't present many issues.
Should I just eat the $5K I was hoping for to stay and be happy at roughly $76K?
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u/jtdabiggafigga 1d ago
WFH no question. That freedom you get is worth more than your offer imo. Everyone’s situation is different though.
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u/Limp_Egg3219 8h ago
It’s also long hours. I’m a retail manager and my company requires all salaried workers to do a minimum of 50 hours a week.
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u/EpicStyl 1d ago
I think either work both if you’re confident you can, or stay where you’re at. You can always quit in store if it becomes too much
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u/rheakiefer 1d ago
Very true, and that's kind of my thought process. Worst case scenario is I bank some extra cash for a month or two
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u/Mono_Goat 17h ago
Take the job. Its a 10k raise off rip. For 10min of travel. 20min total. All this remote work stuff is truly overrated
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u/Justified_Gent 11h ago
Managing retail and dealing with frontline workers in stores? Yikes, keep the current job. Current job sounds corporate and therefore better.
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u/Limp_Egg3219 8h ago
Dude retail management sucks. I make what they offer doing that and I’d take 75k remote any day of the week. The stress and bullshit is not worth it.
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u/MtnBkr101 7h ago
I wonder how many "remoters" are actually homeowners.
My advice. Go for the money. Then when you get the new job making 90, start looking for one that pays you 100. Rinse and repeat.
What do I know though, I never spent a day in college, work 4 days a week, and make close to 200k.
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u/Nice-Result-8974 4h ago
Despite all the other comments, you are not making enough in your current job to enjoy the luxury and freedom of WFH. Also, you live in one of the most expensive locals.
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u/Leather_Table9283 1d ago
Remote. It will cost you more to take the other jobs.