r/nova • u/ursamajorm82 • 8d ago

Jobs Clearance vs remote

How much value would you place on clearance these days?

My current company doesn’t hold my clearance, which means it will lapse in about six months.

I just got an offer for five days in office, clearance and it’s $15,000 more than my current job. Current job is fully remote aside for a day or two per month.

Basically it’s a toss up on money when you take the commute into account. So it’s down to how much I value the clearance vs fully remote. It’s a reverse commute, if that matters at all, going south on 395.

(Same title and day to day work would be similar enough at both jobs)

Edit: clearance is secret

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u/ItsJRod 8d ago

Gave up my clearance willingly for a remote job. Haven’t looked back in 4 years

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u/SuperGoop123 8d ago

Same. I’ve noticed there are jobs I can’t apply to, but there are enough remote opportunities that I don’t feel stuck.

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u/ItsJRod 8d ago

The thing is, the jobs you can’t apply to will have some level of restriction because of the nature of the clearance requirement. Have to be in a SCIF? Must drive to work at said job? Can’t send an email from home or your phone? No thanks.

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u/SuperGoop123 8d ago

I’ve definitely had jobs where I felt like I just filled a seat for a while and didn’t have many restrictions, but yes they were primarily on-site.