<prompt> Human: Obligatory Apologies for the long postthanks for reading.Seeking career advice as Im stuck in limbo. About seven months ago, I left a job at a public accounting firm where I was performing well, compensated fairly albeit a bit overworked. Problem was that it was a 90 minute commute and I had just recently became a new father and the commuteworkload was taking a toll at home. As luck would have it, I found a middle management position about 15 minutes from home whose salary was a slight increase to my current base salary. I liked everyone I had interviewed with and got a good feeling so I jumped ship. Flash forward to the present and Im totally jaded. Coming for public accounting where firms seem to value their employees as a retention tool firm events, free food on Fridays, etc. this company seems to hate its employees. There are hardly any fringe benefits no LTD option important as a new father, cant enroll in 401k for a year afterwards, no Christmas partybonus, etc.. These dont seem like a big deal when taken by themselves but if you kind of step back and look at the way the owner nickel and dime their employees frankly, Ive never worked at a place where there is such low morale. So to my question, a recruiter stated with my mix of professional experience and certifications, I could easily be making 15-20K more but the drive would likely be 30-40 minutes whereas Ive grown comfortable with my 15-minute drive and relatively dull day-to-day. I feel if I could get to 75K to 80K I could just put up with the culture and just treat it as a job. Im contemplating asking for more money annual raises are stalled to April as auditors keep us busy early in the year... yep. Im in my mid-30s and increasingly believe Im selling myself short if I stay at a company where employees arent valued. I realize it would look bad on the resume to leave after 7 months or so and explaining the reasons for leaving to a new potential employers would come off as whiny. Also, to kind of justify the raise, my responsibilities have now expanded to include being part of a 5-person team whose job is implementing a conversion from QB to SAP. Im relatively good with computers but this has been a huge undertaking.Thoughts?TL:DR Left job at promising CPA firm career to be closer to family and now work a job where the work culture sucks. Thinking about jumping ship for greener pastures but think I could suck it up with a decent pay raise. Edit: Formatting  <response>: Well if you stay there will be trouble.. BUT if you leave there will be double 