Dave's work has been pretty crazy lately, leaving him stressed and exhausted. We were supposed to go on vacation this week, but had to cancel our plans because Dave couldn't leave his building right now. His company recently bought another assisted living company, and there's a lot of restructuring going on at the top while they try to integrate the corporate staff of both companies. Dave's previous regional supervisors (who thought he was great and trusted him completely) have been replaced with people from the other company, and their management style is completely different. They don't know him at all, or how much he's turned his building around over the past two years, and they tend to micro-manage and question everything he does, wasting his time by making him spend hours trying to explain, defend, and account for every decision he makes. It's frustrating to have new people constantly looking over his shoulder and asking him to basically prove himself all over again. Dave loves working with seniors and wants to stay in the industry, but he's not so sure he wants to stay with this company anymore. Since we've been looking at moving to a larger home with a yard anyway, we're also considering our options out of the area, as well. We checked out a cost-of-living calculator online, and it basically said that if we lived anywhere but Southern California, we could take a 30% cut in income and still maintain our standard of living. That would be a nice break for Dave, if he could work less and still be able to get ahead. Of course, with a baby coming right around the corner, our options are limited for awhile, but we're not taking anything off the table permanently.
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