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I wouldn’t think the difference would be that shocking. Weather is obviously different.
I was through there in the summer and I just as well have been in a different planet. I went through a hilly spot and the corn at the top, on the side and at the bottom all looked the same. With that I’m sure comes humidity. But you’re in Wichita so that’s not astronomical a change. They don’t get over 100 much. Like at all. (See hilly Corn comment)
The winter though. That’s different. I stayed in Cedar Falls for a week and it was foggy the whole ****ing week. And it wasn’t even a coffee shop talk item. Nobody cared so it’s obviously not that abnormal. I’m like Superman. I need the sun. It’s further north and that matters in the winter.
The distance from family thing is on you to pick. Kids matter. I just don’t know where your head is there. Obviously it’s not a total deal breaker or you wouldn’t have interviewed. Google machine says it’s 5 hours from Wichita. That’s closer than I thought it was. That’s about how long it is to my in-laws. And while we don’t get back there maybe as much as we’d want, I also work a reeruned amount of hours compared to a normal-type job. A weekend trip isn’t bad. A 3 day trip is better but a weekend thing isn’t bad at all.
That’s also about how long it was for us to my family from Sidney before we had kids and from my family to college. Once your kids are out of the house the trip is really pretty light. Plus you’re all interstate I haven’t ever been.
I will say when we were in Sidney it was about 7.5 hours to my in-laws and that’s much different. That makes weekend trips harder, the extra 20% seems like 40%. That was a little tougher. But as context, I’ve always been 5 hours from anywhere. So my perspective is different probably. My Brother is about 9 hours away, so if he comes, he’s doing a week. Which to his credit he does at least once a year.
As far as the job, I’d fire away if I were you. I’ve never been tethered too close to family, despite running the family farm. I lasted 2 years at a corporate job with limited upside. And that was in 09 when the job market was saturated with skilled labor. One thing I will say is negotiate. My businesses and the businesses I am in touch with (and trust what I’m being told), is the price elasticity of demand for labor is high. I’d say the ceiling on what we’d be willing to pay a guy is probably 20% higher than it was 18 months ago. So negotiate. And maybe it isn’t cash. Maybe negotiate a work from home day a week or something. If you could throw in a WFH day and make it a 3 day weekend on a day your kids have off or something that could really move the needle from a personal utility standpoint. Maybe that’s not doable in a factory setting so maybe it’s a bit more PTO to compensate the distance from family. If they nuke that Maybe you toss a little cash back their direction, I don’t know, but negotiate. I don’t know if anybody that’s happy with their staffing situation.
If I were in your shoes I’d probably be gone. The only hold up would be picking up my kids if yours are still at home.
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