> Yet they don't seem to grasp that anybody with a brain can see this is an awful trade off for like 10-30% more pay It's possible that your wife's boss is loo

> Yet they don't seem to grasp that anybody with a brain can see this is an awful trade off for like 10-30% more pay It's possible that your wife's boss is looking to get your wife into the job and then leave it. Precisely because they know that the job is that toxic and they are desperate to go. They may be looking for a replacement and have identified your wife as a good candidate. >which just gets taxed away anyway I don't know what country you are in, but in the US we have a tax system where rates only increase on dollars earned above certain thresholds. Unless y'all are jumping up from ~$83k or ~$340k, the tax increases are not that bad on the extra earned dollars https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/taxes/federal-income-tax-brackets https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/taxes/federal-income-tax-...