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Should I ? For employment
Posted on 10/30/13 at 11:16 am
Posted on 10/30/13 at 11:16 am
I have a opportunity that is supposed to pay $40K more than I make now. My delima is I would be working with a sort of micro manager and far more nights away from home. Although more pay and potentially even more in the future.
Current job couldn't treat me better. Haven't seen my manager but twice in a year and a half. Job security great family values.
Any advise from anyone whom has made a jump and liked or disliked?
Current job couldn't treat me better. Haven't seen my manager but twice in a year and a half. Job security great family values.
Any advise from anyone whom has made a jump and liked or disliked?
Posted on 10/30/13 at 11:20 am to BBJ
Maybe worth mentioning I have two small kids.
Posted on 10/30/13 at 11:22 am to BBJ
How comfortable is your pocketbook at your current job? That would probably be the determining factor for me.
Posted on 10/30/13 at 11:27 am to NaturalBeam
most instances i see at my company, people who leave here for more money have all become quite unhappy and don't even work at the company they left for anymore.
grass isn't always greener where the money is
grass isn't always greener where the money is
Posted on 10/30/13 at 11:36 am to BBJ
Your current situation seems pretty sweet, minus the 40K difference. That's a lot of money, but you have to decide if the tradeoffs are worth it.
Two small kids would be a major deciding factor for me.
Two small kids would be a major deciding factor for me.
Posted on 10/30/13 at 11:42 am to BBJ
quote:life is a series of trade off's bud
I have a opportunity that is supposed to pay $40K more than I make now. My delima is I would be working with a sort of micro manager and far more nights away from home. Although more pay and potentially even more in the future.
Posted on 10/30/13 at 11:56 am to evil cockroach
Over a $100K now
Kids are a big deal. 3 & 1. Wished this would come along when they are a little older
Kids are a big deal. 3 & 1. Wished this would come along when they are a little older
Posted on 10/30/13 at 12:01 pm to BBJ
I guess negotiating with your current employer is out of the question?
Posted on 10/30/13 at 12:19 pm to BBJ
How many nights away from you are we talking about? Going from none to 1 a week or going from 1 to 3 or 4 a week?
Kids ages 3 & 1 are pretty young. They're only that age once. $40K is a lot, but I don't think I could do it.
Can you leverage the offer with your current job? Maybe swing a $10-15K raise out of it?
Kids ages 3 & 1 are pretty young. They're only that age once. $40K is a lot, but I don't think I could do it.
Can you leverage the offer with your current job? Maybe swing a $10-15K raise out of it?
Posted on 10/30/13 at 12:37 pm to LSUGUMBO
Honestly
That's what I'm hoping for gumbo
That's what I'm hoping for gumbo
Posted on 10/30/13 at 12:43 pm to BBJ
Sometimes the grass is greener on the other side, but its fertilized with shite.
If you are happy where you are at, there's no harm in passing and waiting for another opportunity that suits you better.
If you are happy where you are at, there's no harm in passing and waiting for another opportunity that suits you better.
Posted on 10/30/13 at 1:33 pm to BBJ
My only advice, never do anythign solely for money. I have had offers with 20% to 25% raises, however at my current job I get 22 PTO days and any day I work more than 4 hours it is not considered PTO. So I get about a 30 to 35 days off a year, lots of flex time, and I work when I want to work. That being said, at some point the increase in money will move from a 'want' to a 'need.'
Also, without knowing the % raise/increase 40K may not be materail. I'm guessing it means something for you to be asking.
Also, without knowing the % raise/increase 40K may not be materail. I'm guessing it means something for you to be asking.
Posted on 10/30/13 at 2:17 pm to BBJ
quote:
My delima is I would be working with a sort of micro manager
I have trouble working for these
Posted on 10/30/13 at 10:52 pm to ljd4662
You can learn to lead a micro manager. I had no choice after my boss at one company retired.
Every day with the new boss I met with him at 9 am and asked "what are my priorities for today." Had another meeting at 2 pm to review progress.
He thought he was in control, left me alone and I survived 3 years of this.
I wrote up my performance review. He signed it.
All at good money.
Every day with the new boss I met with him at 9 am and asked "what are my priorities for today." Had another meeting at 2 pm to review progress.
He thought he was in control, left me alone and I survived 3 years of this.
I wrote up my performance review. He signed it.
All at good money.
Posted on 10/31/13 at 7:09 am to BBJ
quote:
micro manager
Depending on your personality/drive this may not be an issue, and once he gains your trust he will more than likely back off.
quote:
$40K more than I make now
Sounds great.....
quote:
I have two small kids.
but this should be your determining factor. They only grow up once and you don't want to miss that.
I had to leave a position for this very reason. I have since recouped all the wages and worked my way back up at a less stressful job, all while being able to enjoy my kids every evening.
Posted on 10/31/13 at 7:19 am to BBJ
Do you think you're worth more or that you can take on more responsibilities to increase your worth to the company? Sounds like a new job would take a good 20% more of your time away from family. Would this allow your wife to quit her job or provide you other benefits with the additional pay?
Posted on 10/31/13 at 7:25 am to tiddlesmcdiddles
quote:
grass isn't always greener where the money is
This - stay at your current job
Posted on 10/31/13 at 7:32 am to matthew25
quote:
You can learn to lead a micro manager. I had no choice after my boss at one company retired.
Every day with the new boss I met with him at 9 am and asked "what are my priorities for today." Had another meeting at 2 pm to review progress.
He thought he was in control, left me alone and I survived 3 years of this.
This won't always work, though. I had a boss that many of you may have seen on television (if you've watched commercial television in Central Louisiana) - he would insist on detailed, daily reports, so I would make it a log, assuming he would read it and stay in touch with what I was doing. He regularly called me and ask what's going on, even though I was putting it in painstaking detail in the daily reports. If I backed off the detail (because he was going to call, anyway), he would call more often, then complain about the work I wasn't getting done because, at one point, all I was doing was covering conference calls for him, and dictating reports about those conference calls.
On one project, I brought 3 or 4 different outlines of a presentation, he rejected each one (several hours of work at that point) - with the same, "It's just not what I want." I probed, "Well, what do you want?"
"I don't know, but I'll know it when I see it." Once I couldn't get a raise, I left and never looked back. Life is too short to be miserable all the time with a boss you cannot please.
Posted on 10/31/13 at 1:48 pm to anc
quote:
Sometimes the grass is greener on the other side, but its fertilized with shite.
Yup. Happend to me a year ago.
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