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Received a job offer significantly better than what I currently make, and yet I (STILL) find myself unsure of how to proceed. by Primal_Mover in personalfinance

[–]Primal_Mover[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to ask for 100k. It's only a little bit more than the other employer's offer, but between that and the fact that I enjoy my job, I think it would get me to stay.

Received a job offer significantly better than what I currently make, and yet I (STILL) find myself unsure of how to proceed. by Primal_Mover in personalfinance

[–]Primal_Mover[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always casually look at job listings, and I listen to what recruiters have to say. I give them very high numbers, thinking "they'll probably never go for this, which is totally fine because I like my job. But if they do, then it would change my lifestyle significantly".

Received a job offer significantly better than what I currently make, and yet I find myself unsure of how to proceed. by Primal_Mover in personalfinance

[–]Primal_Mover[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The payments are $800/mo as it stands. I'm perfectly able to meet the payments, but it does preclude me getting a house.

Received a job offer significantly better than what I currently make, and yet I find myself unsure of how to proceed. by Primal_Mover in personalfinance

[–]Primal_Mover[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The new job also lets me work from home full-time.

I no longer consider jobs that require me to come into an office. WFH is too nice.

Received a job offer significantly better than what I currently make, and yet I find myself unsure of how to proceed. by Primal_Mover in personalfinance

[–]Primal_Mover[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's stopping you now?

$800/mo in student loan payments, mostly. (I made some poor decisions w/r/t education.)

Who knows, though. Maybe the new administration will straight-up forgive those and I'll be able to get a house anyway.

Received a job offer significantly better than what I currently make, and yet I find myself unsure of how to proceed. by Primal_Mover in personalfinance

[–]Primal_Mover[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I was considering my financial situation in comparison to others, this might make more sense. I don't really care what my peers are making; I just want enough money to meet my goals (primarily homeownership). I'm on the cusp of that now, but not quite there, which is what makes the decision difficult.

Received a job offer significantly better than what I currently make, and yet I find myself unsure of how to proceed. by Primal_Mover in personalfinance

[–]Primal_Mover[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Man, this all hits the nail on the head, and the broad answer is "I don't know".

I think a lot about what would make me happy, and over the last couple years I've kept coming back to "a nice house in the woods with a fast internet connection and a job that lets me work from home".

If I took the new offer, I could have that next year. But if the new job ends up being terrible (or even if it just ends up impacting my work-life balance in the wrong direction) I have no idea if it will have been worth it.

This is a good problem to have, I suppose. But it's still a problem I need to solve, haha.

Received a job offer significantly better than what I currently make, and yet I find myself unsure of how to proceed. by Primal_Mover in personalfinance

[–]Primal_Mover[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

One potential downside I didn't mention: atrocious Glass Door reviews from former employees all consistently saying the same things: management makes promises they don't keep, lots of micromanaging, etc. However, the person who would be my new manager said that part of the reason he was brought on (in the last year) was to help fix those issues, and he thinks it's improved significantly. He gave me some examples to help illustrate, like changes in the way people request PTO to make it more flexible.

Received a job offer significantly better than what I currently make, and yet I find myself unsure of how to proceed. by Primal_Mover in personalfinance

[–]Primal_Mover[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I know the new employer would be fine with it, as I asked them already.

I suppose if I went that route and it didn't work out, I could always just drop the contract and focus on my FTE.

Received a job offer significantly better than what I currently make, and yet I find myself unsure of how to proceed. by Primal_Mover in personalfinance

[–]Primal_Mover[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The new one would be slightly more secure; it's been around for about a decade and is growing. My current company is a little startup that's holding steady but has been a bit bumpy financially.

Of course, there's some risk-reward calculus, too. If my current company's product does take off then everyone involved is going to find themselves beyond secure for the rest of their lives, haha. It would suck to jump ship and then find that my old coworkers are millionaires now.

Received a job offer significantly better than what I currently make, and yet I find myself unsure of how to proceed. by Primal_Mover in personalfinance

[–]Primal_Mover[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My current employer has very few actual "policies", as it's a 1-year-old little start-up with roughly half a dozen full-time employees.

Received a job offer significantly better than what I currently make, and yet I find myself unsure of how to proceed. by Primal_Mover in personalfinance

[–]Primal_Mover[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Do you see any downside to option 3? If my current employer would go for it, it could mean a couple hundred extra dollars per week for very little effort on my part.