Should I Accept A Job In A Different Town With The Same Pay?

Would you accept to move to a different town for work even though you will not get a higher salary or more benefits?

Brian’s Story

“I have been working for a construction company in Nairobi for the last two years. The company recently opened another branch in Mombasa and as such some people had to be transferred.

I was offered the chance to move to Mombasa to work at a similar level but with the same pay and allowances.

I got married three years ago and my wife and I have a two year old daughter. My wife doesn’t have a job at the moment because she decided she wanted to stay home and raise our child first. She is supposed to get back into the job market mid this year, because our daughter will start school soon.

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If I decide to take the job in Mombasa, then I will have to move my whole family because the house allowance I will be getting will be for a house in the town I reside in, this means that if my whole family doesn’t move, then I will have to pay rent for the house in Nairobi.

I am the only one working at the moment and I feel like paying rent when there is an option of not doing so, is a waste of money. The money could instead go into our savings and boost the financial standing of our family.

My wife thinks that even though moving to a new town could be interesting, she believes that there is really no added advantage to moving at the moment.

The transfer won’t come with an increase in salary or a promotion, but I feel like it is an opportunity for me to show my boss what I can do. Because it is a new branch, there will be room for growth which is something that is currently missing in the Nairobi branch.

I think moving will be great for my career, but I also don’t want moving to hurt my wife’s chances of getting a job, she feels like getting a job in Nairobi would be easier.

What should I do; should I look at the future and take the job because it will be good for my career in the long run and move to Mombasa alone and leave my family in Nairobi, or should I just stay in Nairobi and hope I manage to get a better job?

Please advise me.”

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What would you advise Brian to do? Leave your comments below.