Take a 30% Paycut and Become a Super-Commuter or Remain Unemployed?

Was an IB Associate before getting laid off. Been searching for work in the past six months but the job market has been insanely competitive. Had several final rounds with IBs / CorpDevs but no luck.

Finally got a verbal offer recently to do buyside m&a but with a 30% base pay cut (~50% cut TC) and would require me to commute between two cities every week (since I have a lease in the current city and new job requires some weekly in-person days). I am debating if I should take the offer, as my unemployment benefits will run out in three months.

What do you guys think? Would appreciate any advice / thoughts.

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So your schedule goes like

Week 1: Work in Atlanta

Week 2: Work in WashIngton

Week 3: Atlanta 

Etc…? 
 

Seems kind of exhausting, how do you pay for housing and flights?

 

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