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New job vs old job decision
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:31 am
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:31 am
Got a new job in finance (background is Accounting) for an almost 50% pay increase. New job is VERY corporate, sterile, and vastly different than what I am used to and I’ve got an enormous learning curve ahead of me. I have been asked by my old accounting job to continue on short term as a consultant. I loved that job, the people, how my day flowed, pretty much everything was great except pay and opportunity. Well, my old accounting job is interested in bringing me back with a yet to be determined salary, but if it’s competitive, I would consider going back.
New job pros: pay and opportunity to advance
Cons: sterile, corporate, no close friends, dull work, huge learning curve, docile working situation
Trade off for everything, but I’m leaning going back if the salary is competitive (12k-17k) less than new job. What other factors are there to consider?
New job pros: pay and opportunity to advance
Cons: sterile, corporate, no close friends, dull work, huge learning curve, docile working situation
Trade off for everything, but I’m leaning going back if the salary is competitive (12k-17k) less than new job. What other factors are there to consider?
This post was edited on 1/13/23 at 11:33 am
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Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:32 am to Shamoan
Which one blows the most?
Take that one
Take that one
This post was edited on 1/13/23 at 11:33 am
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:34 am to Shamoan
It sounds like the only reason you took the new job was money and you were much happier at the old place.
If they give you equal money your decision is made IMO.
If they give you equal money your decision is made IMO.
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:36 am to Shamoan
17k is 50% of what? Ouch
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:38 am to Shamoan
How do you get a job for 50% more but that’s only 17k?
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:40 am to Shamoan
Understand what your reputation is worth.
Sounds like you can frick up at your current job a couple times and nothing happens.
New job you frick up early and you are just Shamoan the frick up.
Sounds like you can frick up at your current job a couple times and nothing happens.
New job you frick up early and you are just Shamoan the frick up.
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:40 am to Shamoan
All comes down to what's important to you. If making the most money trumps happiness, then stay where you are. If being happy but less money s your thing, then go back.
This assumes the old job's salary is great enough for you to be happy/comfortable financially.
This assumes the old job's salary is great enough for you to be happy/comfortable financially.
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:40 am to momentoftruth87
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How do you get a job for 50% more but that’s only 17k?
This isn’t what he said.
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:42 am to Shamoan
I’d kill myself if I was an accountant.
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:43 am to djangochained
12-17k is the difference if the old matches the new. 97k vs 85k or 80k on the low end
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:46 am to Shamoan
Never go back. Because once you do you are just a mercenary for the money. Any credit / loyalty you built through your years there is gone now. It may not seem that way to you but it does to the guy signing your check.
I had an employee who pulled the "I am leaving unless you meet this salary number" deal on me. It was pretty much the situation you are describing here. Threatened to leave my small business to move to a huge faceless corporation who could pay more. I paid him in the short term but cut him loose the day we grew enough that I could survive without him. He seemed shocked when I cut him loose and I asked how it was any different than what he did to me 18 months prior. I hired a new guy at half his salary who came from a big corporation and hated it.
I had an employee who pulled the "I am leaving unless you meet this salary number" deal on me. It was pretty much the situation you are describing here. Threatened to leave my small business to move to a huge faceless corporation who could pay more. I paid him in the short term but cut him loose the day we grew enough that I could survive without him. He seemed shocked when I cut him loose and I asked how it was any different than what he did to me 18 months prior. I hired a new guy at half his salary who came from a big corporation and hated it.
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:46 am to Shamoan
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Trade off for everything, but I’m leaning going back if the salary is competitive (12k-17k) less than new job. What other factors are there to consider?
Usually I say never take the counter-offer, but what you described doesn't seem like a counter-offer situation.
If you like the job enough to take a 20k pay cut, then you should do it.
This post was edited on 1/13/23 at 11:47 am
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:48 am to Shamoan
Peace of mind is worth a lot more than some extra dollars. Stress will kill you quicker than liquor.
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:48 am to Shamoan
You searched for a new job for a reason. Big mistake going back.
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:49 am to jbgleason
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I paid him in the short term but cut him loose the day we grew enough that I could survive without him. He seemed shocked when I cut him loose and I asked how it was any different than what he did to me 18 months prior. I hired a new guy at half his salary who came from a big corporation and hated it.
So your employee was offered a 50% raise and you paid him some money to keep him. And you rewarded that loyalty by firing him a short time later with no reason other than you felt slighted?
Sounds like the dude would have been much better off taking more money at the corporate job.
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:52 am to Shamoan
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What other factors are there to consider?
Commute to work, hours worked, benefits, retirement planning with extra income from new job
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:52 am to jbgleason
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Never go back. Because once you do you are just a mercenary for the money
Hate to break it to you, but that is every single person who is not the owner of a company.
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:53 am to Shamoan
Likely issues with the old job:
Their definition of "competitive" is probably very different than yours.
Depending on age, the opportunity to advance could be a big factor. Very likely that if you take the old job, you'll find yourself "stuck" within a few years; and start looking for a new job.
But, it sounds like you're miserable with the new job. So taking the old job isn't the worst idea.
Their definition of "competitive" is probably very different than yours.
Depending on age, the opportunity to advance could be a big factor. Very likely that if you take the old job, you'll find yourself "stuck" within a few years; and start looking for a new job.
But, it sounds like you're miserable with the new job. So taking the old job isn't the worst idea.
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:53 am to Shamoan
You can leave Scranton, but Scranton never leaves you.
Posted on 1/13/23 at 11:54 am to Shamoan
Double ouch
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