Can some offer insight?
•Currently making 82k as a public school teacher in the US
•I have a doctorate so I will get a raise
• in three years my salary will be around $120k and will not go much higher than that
•I have a state pension, retirement, and great health care
•I am also an Adjunt at two universities that I enjoy which gives me an extra 20k a year
•at all places of work, I am very well regarded and have a great reputation, which is great but can also give a little pressure to keep the reputation
•I have full job protection because I am tenured so unless I do something crazy, I have real job security
•no kids, unmarried, I have a great family around me
•I was offered a job in the island of my family’s origin. I still have family there and my parents live there a few months out of the year
•the job pays 100k, comparable healthcare, no pension, and I would have to fund my own retirement through a personal Roth or something similar, they don’t employee match
•this is a private sector job, that is growing and is opening locations in many places
•I would have to relocate. I will be living in a beautiful island, a dream.
•but, i won’t be using anything i went to school for
•I will have good pay but I will have to build my reputation from the ground up with new bosses
•there is opportunity for growth, next step would be 150k. But I have to work hard to get there
•I am 41
Not sure what to do. Leave something secure to take a risk? Lifestyle is much calmer in the island job, the US could be a rat race.
Any insight???