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Originally Posted by JinnKai
You make $7000 - $11000 a year? That's below minimum wage? How do you live? 
I only ask because an increase of that amount is considerable, more than doubling your current salary. If it were less, I'd advise staying where you're at. But considering the amount, maybe you can get the best of both worlds. Can you talk to your boss(es) and explain just how important your son is, and that you'll only accept the job if they can make allowances for you to leave to see him? |
I'm pretty sure he means the INCREASE in yearly base pay would be $17k a year (or $25k-28k with overtime)... those aren't the base pay totals themselves. Still, that has to be pretty significant unless he is currently making over $250k a year.
Anyway, getting back to the OP... If it were me, I would take as much time as you have to make the decision and try to visualize things five or ten years from now... imagine that you had taken the promotion and what that would mean both positive and negative... then do the same thing but imagine you didn't take the promotion.
This is a really personal decision and it depends highly on what you value and where your priorities currently lie. But like I said, try to think ahead as well... you don't want to look back 5 years from now and regret your decision because you were thinking short-term when you made it.