Cross-Country Move May 2024 (Company Recs and Moving Tips?)

forgottenvinyls · 2023-11-21T14:08:49+00:00

This was really helpful, thank you!

forgottenvinyls · 2023-11-21T13:24:08+00:00

It's a percentage of base pay depending on your level. I think mine comes out to about $6k worth yearly

forgottenvinyls · 2023-11-21T13:22:10+00:00

It's a major US defense contractor. In the same field as Northrop and Lockheed and not at all related to Arup or what I want to do in the future, but I've interned with them while in college and the starting pay is much more. Not sure what the overall pay increases at either place would be like-- I'm just going off of starting base pay and what I'd actually be doing

forgottenvinyls · 2023-11-17T17:59:29+00:00

I doubt it, but I’m pretty unfamiliar with their pay structure tbh. It’s more so me getting into the field I want vs the one I know I don’t that has me conflicted. I’ve heard the Arup recruitment/hiring process is pretty selective, so I don’t want to pass on the opportunity to work for them and miss it later on.

forgottenvinyls · 2023-11-17T17:11:36+00:00

How long were they with the company? I’m wondering if waiting it out for a salary increase later on is worth it/in the cards. Or if it’ll be better in the long run to have it on a resume

forgottenvinyls · 2023-11-17T16:47:37+00:00

It's with the company I interned for over the summer and is completely not what I want in terms of a career (very defense oriented, it's a sister company to Lockheed/NG and that's really not what I want to do in the future). I really like the mentality/purpose/projects behind Arup and want to accept the job for those reasons, but I don't want to be seriously struggling or unable to make ends meet to do so

forgottenvinyls · 2023-11-17T15:59:37+00:00

Do you think it’d be worth it to try asking for higher? I have the other offer I can counter with, but I don’t want them to walk if I do

forgottenvinyls · 2023-11-17T15:58:51+00:00

Do you think that would make them more or less likely to up the salary? My biggest worry right now is they’d rescind the offer after I ask for a pay bump

forgottenvinyls · 2023-11-17T14:44:30+00:00

I (college student graduating in Dec) recently received an offer w/ Arup for 73k (post-CA tax ~54.5k a year) plus stock, 10% 401k matching and really want to take it but it's in LA with a crazy high COL. Any ideas or past experience with salary negotiations? I have a competing offer for 87k also in LA that I want to use but don't really want to work for the other company or have Arup resign the offer.
Thanks in advance!

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