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I just quit my job

Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:47 pm
Posted by dbbuilder79
Overton NV
Member since Dec 2010
4573 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:47 pm
I was offered a job by another company. Positionwise, it was a lateral move. Pay and compensation, the new job offers a 30% increase theoretically.

My current job has me on very high end projects. The pay is low, but my last yearly bonus was 35% of my salary. My boss "promises" the bonuses next time could be 100% or more, but no guarantees.
I get to do work for very influential people, though. Not that it makes me more money.

The current job offers health insurance to me 100% of the cost, none to my family unless I pay for it ($900 a month) it offers no company vehicle, no gas compensation and no 401k or retirement options. I also work on average about 60-65 hours a week.

My new job pays out the gate a base salary of what I made last year bonus included, gas card, company truck, 4% match on 401k and 75% paid insurance for entire family.

The projects are run of the mill small commercial (restaurants and strip malls) My friend, who floated my name, says he usually works 40-45 hours a week and a lot of half day Fridays.

I've kicked a hornet's nest within my current company and I'm sure they will come with an offer I can't refuse.

What would the OT do?

Wait for the offer?

Leave no matter what?


There's a lot more angles to this, but that's the gist.
Posted by LSU Grad Alabama Fan
369 Cardboard Box Lane
Member since Nov 2019
13916 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:48 pm to
quote:

What would the OT do?

Wait for the offer?

Leave no matter what?



You're replaceable.
Posted by North Dallas Tiger
United States of America
Member since Mar 2024
13008 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:48 pm to
Csb
Posted by StayStrapped
Member since Apr 2024
96 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:48 pm to
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What would the OT do?



Bang your old bosses wife
Posted by CunningLinguist
Dallas, TX
Member since Mar 2006
19163 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:49 pm to
Sunday night seems like a weird time to quit a white collar job
Posted by This GUN for HIRE
Member since May 2022
5574 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:50 pm to
Posted by pbro62
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2016
15171 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:51 pm to
Sure
Posted by BK Lounge
Member since Nov 2021
5047 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:51 pm to
You quit your job on a Sunday afternoon (?)
Posted by VABuckeye
NOVA
Member since Dec 2007
38283 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:51 pm to
quote:

You're replaceable.


Everyone is whether they want to believe it or not.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
46643 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:52 pm to
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What would the OT do?
not give a shite about your personal situation that cannot possibly be relevant to anyone here
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
30947 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:52 pm to
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I just quit my job

Is that legal on Sunday?
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
38915 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:53 pm to
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The current job offers health insurance to me 100% of the cost, none to my family unless I pay for it ($900 a month) it offers no company vehicle, no gas compensation and no 401k or retirement options. I also work on average about 60-65 hours a week.
this here is reason enough to leave
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
104353 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:53 pm to
Congrats on moving up the fry station.
Posted by dbbuilder79
Overton NV
Member since Dec 2010
4573 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:54 pm to
quote:

Sunday night seems like a weird time to quit a white collar job


It's pretty blur collar. I gave up being a contractor to work for this GC who, once again, does VERY high end for very influential people. Just go look which rich and influential people are building a new home in Vegas and you'll understand.

I was offered the new job Friday afternoon. I thought about it over the last 2 days and called my boss to get his thoughts. He wasn't happy that I even floated the idea of leaving.
Posted by GoldenGuy
Member since Oct 2015
12747 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:55 pm to
You quit, or put in two weeks notice?
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
Location: Classified
Member since Nov 2011
38223 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:56 pm to
Seems like a no brainer to take the new job.
Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
8384 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:57 pm to
My advice: leave and don’t look back. Just make a clean break and move on. You wanted to leave for a reason. Those reasons will still exist even if they offer you more money.
Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
31322 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:57 pm to
You always take the guarantee over the promise. Salary and benefits alone are worth it. Because any company that’s going to “promise” you compensation isn’t really serious about it. If they were, it wouldn’t be a “promise.”
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
70657 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:57 pm to
K... keep HR posted.
Posted by Quatre Pot
Member since Jan 2015
1766 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:58 pm to
By the time I made the decision to leave a job the goose was cooked
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