As most of you may know, I'm a tax practioner by profession, and have only gotten seasonal work since last year. I thought I'd expand my horizons and look for seasonal work outside my hometown. I had been talking to one place in a town about 4 hours drive away for the last month and I got a job offer about half hour ago. It's a three month contract from star of July til the end of September.
Money wise its better than I expected, and kind of hard to say no to on that alone. With standard hours it will be $1200 per week plus an accommodation allowance of up to $200 a week. I was asked how much I was after pay wise last week to which I said between $1100-$1200 a week - so they offered me the highest end of that amount + a bit of cherry on top...That says a lot imo
However, I'm almost sure the hours will be more during at least the first half of my contract as the demand will be there. So it will be more like $1500 a week + $200 allowance.
I already have a work-from-home tax gig lined up for the tax season, but they pay by piece of work done, not salary - so I can still do that on the side (which I plan on doing - I wanna rake in the motherfuckin $$$$$$$$$$).
However, if I take the job I will be away from the gf again, which will take a toll, but we both know the gig is for three months and the employer has already said there's no chance of extension (so Ill be back doing Uber come October). Since its 4 hours drive, there is the chance I can make the drive down every 2nd weekend of so when the initial demand dies down.
I'm being sent the formal contract now, and I plan on going through it with a fine comb before making a formal decision. But just based on the money - and the fact its only three months - I'm inclined to take it and the make the move out bush.
Money wise its better than I expected, and kind of hard to say no to on that alone. With standard hours it will be $1200 per week plus an accommodation allowance of up to $200 a week. I was asked how much I was after pay wise last week to which I said between $1100-$1200 a week - so they offered me the highest end of that amount + a bit of cherry on top...That says a lot imo
However, I'm almost sure the hours will be more during at least the first half of my contract as the demand will be there. So it will be more like $1500 a week + $200 allowance.
I already have a work-from-home tax gig lined up for the tax season, but they pay by piece of work done, not salary - so I can still do that on the side (which I plan on doing - I wanna rake in the motherfuckin $$$$$$$$$$).
However, if I take the job I will be away from the gf again, which will take a toll, but we both know the gig is for three months and the employer has already said there's no chance of extension (so Ill be back doing Uber come October). Since its 4 hours drive, there is the chance I can make the drive down every 2nd weekend of so when the initial demand dies down.
I'm being sent the formal contract now, and I plan on going through it with a fine comb before making a formal decision. But just based on the money - and the fact its only three months - I'm inclined to take it and the make the move out bush.
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