Travel for interviews

[MAPPLEBUM]

And don't forget, travel costs for fellowship interviews should all be tax deductible if you save the receipts! That includes travel, meals, internet costs, etc. (I know it's been debated on here before whether travel costs for residency interviews are deductible, so I'm not touching that one.)

Yea! I itemize the hell out of my life since I'm freelance. We haven't claimed much for him but I do remember including a couple things on our return last year. Will definitely include app expenses.

[gcuthbe1]

Yea! I itemize the hell out of my life since I'm freelance. We haven't claimed much for him but I do remember including a couple things on our return last year. Will definitely include app expenses.

I'm a CPA so I appreciate the tax tip! I'll do my research.

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[OrionGrad]

Ha, I forgot you were a CPA [MENTION=5078]gcuthbe1[/MENTION]! I have a feeling we'll have lots of questions for you come tax time.

[gcuthbe1]

Haha! Taxes are crazy.

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[MAPPLEBUM]

I'm a CPA so I appreciate the tax tip! I'll do my research.

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What area do you work in? My oldest brother is a CPA, I've always wished I had the brain for it.

[gcuthbe1]

What area do you work in? My oldest brother is a CPA, I've always wished I had the brain for it.

I've mostly worked in audit in the finance sector. I wish I had an interest in programming, such a great field to be in these days!

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[gcuthbe1]

Hey everyone... Adding to this for more advice...
How did you prepare yourself for the move career wise?
With the medical spouse obviously their programs know they're only there for a set number of years and then moving on, and they're accepting of the interview travel schedule, and build in that time to move between residency and job/fellowship.
However with the non med spouse... Did it get a little awkward with your employer? Were you transparent with your spouse's schedule and the possibility of leaving? I'm hoping to be able to move with keeping my job either by switching offices or working remotely, at least for a time. So with that I suppose I should start trying to work out that arrangement with my employer a few months prior to the move. But if I want to travel with my hubby to some of his interviews... How do I clear that with work? Just make up another excuse to be out of office, just as if I myself were interviewing elsewhere?
It's just a lot to digest, and I wanted to see what you all had done.

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[ladymoreta]

I didn't travel with DH to any interviews, so I don't have advice on that. I gave about a month notice before we moved for residency, which turned out to be too much. As an IT employee for a bank, I should have been let go immediately, but my manager appealed to the higher ups, who knew me and trusted me, so I lucked out. We'd have been in so much trouble without that month of pay!

Since working remotely or transferring may be an option, though, you're probably fine telling them early. I'd wait until Match Day to tell them anything.

[gcuthbe1]

I didn't travel with DH to any interviews, so I don't have advice on that. I gave about a month notice before we moved for residency, which turned out to be too much. As an IT employee for a bank, I should have been let go immediately, but my manager appealed to the higher ups, who knew me and trusted me, so I lucked out. We'd have been in so much trouble without that month of pay!

Since working remotely or transferring may be an option, though, you're probably fine telling them early. I'd wait until Match Day to tell them anything.

Good point, I definitely don't want to miss out on income, and should definitely wait until after match day.
I'm thinking for the transferring offices maybe I can just start feeling it out as if I'm just curious about transferring groups, without divulging the wish for location change until I know it's a possibility. A couple further along in their career advisors of mine have told me not to worry about it, people leave jobs. But I just don't want to feel like a liar by withholding information. Especially if I know we'll be moving for over a year ahead of time (current fellowship we're applying to we'll know May 2016, starting July 2017).

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[alotofyarn]

I didn't travel with either, and I haven't lied if they asked if we could move afterward, but I always tried to sell how interested we were in staying, whether or not that was completely true.

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[SoonerTexan]

I was up front to my immediate supervisor but not beyond that. I think it totally depends on your situation. I was also on maternity leave during match day which made things a lot easier.


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[poky]

I got a job with a TINY little company when there were about 2 years left to go before match. I think I told them up front he was a medical student, but none of them had any idea what that actually meant, and I think they assumed we'd want to stay there when he was done...I think I started explaining how the match worked after I'd been there about a year, to get them used to the idea that I might be moving and have no choice (I think I implied heavily that we were ranking local programs highly). On match day, we ended up matching locally, and they were THRILLED I'd be staying, even though I could have worked remotely. Fast-forward 3 more years, end of residency, we moved across the country, and now I'm working remotely and cut back to WAY part time (averaging 15h/week). They're just glad I'm still available, since there's only one other full-time dev now.

[gcuthbe1]

I got a job with a TINY little company when there were about 2 years left to go before match. I think I told them up front he was a medical student, but none of them had any idea what that actually meant, and I think they assumed we'd want to stay there when he was done...I think I started explaining how the match worked after I'd been there about a year, to get them used to the idea that I might be moving and have no choice (I think I implied heavily that we were ranking local programs highly). On match day, we ended up matching locally, and they were THRILLED I'd be staying, even though I could have worked remotely. Fast-forward 3 more years, end of residency, we moved across the country, and now I'm working remotely and cut back to WAY part time (averaging 15h/week). They're just glad I'm still available, since there's only one other full-time dev now.

What type of job do you have? That sounds idealistic to me!

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[poky]

What type of job do you have? That sounds idealistic to me!

Web development. I completely lucked out with this job, they are really awesome. I hadn't even been working there a year when I found out I needed heart surgery, and would have to be out for 6 weeks. They were within their legal rights to let me go because of the time off, which would have devastated us financially, but they never even considered that, just wished me well and welcomed me back when I was recovered.

[gcuthbe1]

Web development. I completely lucked out with this job, they are really awesome. I hadn't even been working there a year when I found out I needed heart surgery, and would have to be out for 6 weeks. They were within their legal rights to let me go because of the time off, which would have devastated us financially, but they never even considered that, just wished me well and welcomed me back when I was recovered.

a) that's amazing b) I'm so glad your surgery was successful and that you're willing to share your experience with me! <3<3

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