I understand the distinction. I have W-2 income, 1099 income, and >10 K-1s. I spend a good bit of time tax optimizing. I was pointing out that claiming a home office and the accompanying travel may not be the right move for every situation.
If you travel out of town, then you usually can deduct the mileage.
I have a first job dilemma as well. Context of being in a saturated Midwest city and mostly stuck due to family, etc.
1) sister site of residency, CMG run, RVU based ~220/hr W2 with no 401k. 2.5 pph, ~30% admit. No scribes, Cerner. 8 hour shifts. Reputation is not the best based on attendings from our site, with higher turnover, however eat what you kill environment. Essentially zero commute at about 3 miles from residency house.
2) private sdg, sweat equity buy in with initial drop in pay for first two years and then slowly adds 30/hr/year until full partner at about W2 $240-300/hr + 10% gross in 401k. +scribes. Probably around 2-2.5 pph depending on site. People seem happy here. Only thing is due to location will be 72 miles on straight freeway for about 60-70 min drive each way at my current location. No rush hour either way at shift change.
To follow up my earlier dilemma, would it be a wise strategy to take job #1 for 2-3 years, try to crush as many hours as sanely possible, save money and pay down loans, continue living in my residency townhouse with <4 mile commute. The extra added benefit is that lots of family is <30 min driving away (MIL is like 5 min away) and wife and I are considering kids in the near future, with family willing to help babysit at least 1-2 times/week.
Then plan to jump to job #2 after 2-3 years of grinding at worse CMG site, while moving approximately 10-15 miles closer (family less close 30-50 min away) which would leave about a ~62 mile commute (45-60 min commute) but starting back at initial partnership track. My goal has always been to try to work for an SDG and am fully content with taking a large initial paycut for better control over practice and higher salary later on.
OR
Just biting the bullet and taking the longer commute earlier on and jumpstarting path towards partner by 2-3 years at job #2 straight from the get go. This is with a plan of moving to 45-60 min commute after 2 years of commuting at longer distance.
Has anyone had experience with 95% freeway commute of 72 miles/70-75 min for ~2 years?
*Edited for some clarification
Think about not having great sleep, driving 70miles, go do an overnight shift, leave at 6-8am and having to drive 70miles at 70mph freeway. Its an accident waiting to happen.
I think there is great risk in taking the worse job for money with a plan of leaving.
Job 2 sounds awesome, Im getting the shaft in comparison. TY TeamHealth for messing up the region.
It's not unprofessional to leave after 2-3 years.Why is that the case? Is it unprofessional to leave after 2-3 years? Are we not more marketable after 2-3 years of experience? By no means is this a career job for me...more like a means to an end for several years, until something better opens up.
Has anyone had experience with 95% freeway commute of 72 miles/70-75 min for ~2 years?
Aren’t you in Houston? I looked there recently and the market is totally messed up.
Naww Washington State. On the plus side, my hospital just dumped teamhealth and is now employing us directly. Win win
Hopefully but more likely a series of anecdotes.My hospital is going to dump TeamHealth too. Is this a pattern?
Hopefully but more likely a series of anecdotes.