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Hello fastlaners,
I have been offered a job that implies me and my family (5 year-old and partner) moving from Lisbon, Portugal to Hamburg, Germany. I am 37 years old and my husband 38. The family gross salary will increase by 35% with upside if my husband is able to get a job there as well.
We are debating a lot whether we should take this opportunity or not as we see pros and cons to it.
Pros:
- higher income that would allow us to accumulate higher savings and possibly ditch the jobs faster
- great challenge in a energy transition company that needs to build teams, processes and systems from scratch
- tipically working hours are better defined in Germany (culturally in Portugal people tend to leave the job late in the day)
- as we pursed less dependency on the jobs we took advantage of low interest rates and used our savings to invest in 3 rental properties so by selling our house we would liquidate all the loans and become debt free plus having an addition 200k€
- be exposed to a different culture and experiences
Cons:
- be away from family and friends ( we do a lot of gatherings)
- my husband will have to look for a job which could be hard as neither of us speak german (only english)
- child is about to start primary school which will be challenging and she only speaks portuguese
- we were planning on having another child shortly
Your opinion is greatly appreciated!
I have been offered a job that implies me and my family (5 year-old and partner) moving from Lisbon, Portugal to Hamburg, Germany. I am 37 years old and my husband 38. The family gross salary will increase by 35% with upside if my husband is able to get a job there as well.
We are debating a lot whether we should take this opportunity or not as we see pros and cons to it.
Pros:
- higher income that would allow us to accumulate higher savings and possibly ditch the jobs faster
- great challenge in a energy transition company that needs to build teams, processes and systems from scratch
- tipically working hours are better defined in Germany (culturally in Portugal people tend to leave the job late in the day)
- as we pursed less dependency on the jobs we took advantage of low interest rates and used our savings to invest in 3 rental properties so by selling our house we would liquidate all the loans and become debt free plus having an addition 200k€
- be exposed to a different culture and experiences
Cons:
- be away from family and friends ( we do a lot of gatherings)
- my husband will have to look for a job which could be hard as neither of us speak german (only english)
- child is about to start primary school which will be challenging and she only speaks portuguese
- we were planning on having another child shortly
Your opinion is greatly appreciated!
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