I currently have a level 7 PR staffer, who I hired my first week here (two weeks ago). The PR staffer available this week is level 10, at a weekly wage $8,000 (47%) more than my current level 7.
I'm in the lower half of my conference (in 5th by virtue of not having as good of a PD as the team above me), but have several games upcoming against the less-good teams in my league, so I expect to be generating a fairly long winning streak.
Would upgrading to the level 10 PR staffer pay off? I'm certainly not in financial distress at this point, but I would like to keep some of my current reserve in case I find myself one or two players away from a serious playoff run later in the season.
If I do not hire the new PR staffer, my weekly expenses before arena revenues would be approximately $32,000 (though I am still currently getting the $50k weekly temporary income, so $82,000 in the red without that temporary income).