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re: Would you take this job?
Posted on 5/4/22 at 10:47 pm to Iknownothing
Posted on 5/4/22 at 10:47 pm to Iknownothing
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severance of about 1.7 years worth of pay.
Keep looking.
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Posted on 5/4/22 at 10:53 pm to madamsquirrel
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Cobra is too expensive
You don't have to take the cobra coverage at the same policy you had with the companies group coverage. You can probably get a cheaper option. Higher deductible or something like that. And still be better than the "Affordable" care act plans.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 10:56 pm to Iknownothing
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Not sure if they have other candidates.
Problem numero uno right there. Ask them point blank if you are their number one choice. When they say yes tell them you feel the same but the money just isn’t there.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 11:03 pm to biglego
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So you are currently unemployed? And you’re asking if you should accept a job paying $115k or remain unemployed? I don’t understand the problem. You’re not going from $150k to $115k, you’re going from $0 to $115k.
You must have missed the part where he said he got a quarter of a million dollar buyout…. OP isnt living paycheck to paycheck.. having a windfall like that gives you options…. All that said, I agree with posters who have suggested taking the job and then spending ur time looking for something better.. but i dont agree with those saying ‘You dont have a job! Take the job, you need a JOB asap !!”
Posted on 5/4/22 at 11:11 pm to Iknownothing
Ask for $125k-130k.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 11:17 pm to Ric Flair
His severance is his 401k?
Posted on 5/4/22 at 11:23 pm to BK Lounge
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You must have missed the part where he said he got a quarter of a million dollar buyout
I did miss that part. It was a lot of words. I can only do so much. Still,
quote:
taking the job and then spending ur time looking for something better
we agree he should take it. And might as well ask for more money than the $115k.
And maybe the market doesn’t support paying him $150k. He was laid off, after all.
This post was edited on 5/4/22 at 11:23 pm
Posted on 5/4/22 at 11:25 pm to Iknownothing
quote:thats her problem, she needs to just give up trying to think
My wife thinks
Post her photo? It’s the rules here Chap
Posted on 5/4/22 at 11:44 pm to Iknownothing
Be prepared to turn it down after you have countered and they don’t bite.
Keep looking. You won’t be happy there and it won’t turn out like you think being there until you find better. Hold out for the better
Keep looking. You won’t be happy there and it won’t turn out like you think being there until you find better. Hold out for the better
Posted on 5/5/22 at 1:04 pm to Iknownothing
$115k is more than unemployment.
Ask for more, but take what they offer until you find something better if they say no.
Ask for more, but take what they offer until you find something better if they say no.
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:12 pm to mmmmmbeeer
Don’t settle, give us the company name, I know a few Engineers that will take the $115k job tomorrow.
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:26 pm to Iknownothing
We’re heading into a recession. The 5-figure job market is going to tighten up.
Take that job and see what else comes around.
Take that job and see what else comes around.
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:41 pm to Iknownothing
Take it and keep looking. If not and you and your family have to go on COBRA, you are going to wish you would have. COBRA is useless but it is a little better than nothing
Posted on 5/5/22 at 7:58 pm to Iknownothing
I think people are missing a very big aspect that the OP brushed by. His former company was in offshore work. His offer is for midstream or downstream work.
IMO: Current politics are going to/have/will kill upstream projects for EPC. This sounds like good opportunity to jump into midstream/downstream. From there you can transition into chemical, renewable fuel, EV battery, etc.
IMO: Current politics are going to/have/will kill upstream projects for EPC. This sounds like good opportunity to jump into midstream/downstream. From there you can transition into chemical, renewable fuel, EV battery, etc.
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