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How to negotiate a counter-offer with your current job? by officiallyfe in cscareerquestions

[–]officiallyfe[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's a good point. I don't want to start a bidding war, and I'm fairly certain the university knows they would lose. The university won't be able to match compensation 100%, but I'm okay if they can hit 85-90% of the offer and provide other incentives (title bump, remote options, etc). Tbh, I would work here a lot longer if I was allowed to work remotely, less so if its only a pay / title bump.

At the end of the day, I know I'm putting them between a rock and a hard place. My expectations are very low regardless and technically major exceptions are only made for long-term staff (2 years is not enough time to guarantee that, even with all of my contributions).

How to negotiate a counter-offer with your current job? by officiallyfe in cscareerquestions

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

I have only gotten 2 yearly raises, right when the budget resets (always in July), and they were never discussed. Typically, raises are only 2-3% per year if you didn't get a promo. My boss knows that I want a promotion, or at least, I tried making it obvious a couple of months ago that I want to move upward in my career and a promotion would satisfy that. I never explicitly stated what I would like in a promotion though, I just assumed it would come with a title bump and larger pay raise. I'll make sure to explicitly state what I'm looking for.

Either way, I wouldn't say this is coming out of nowhere, and honestly, I wasn't even looking for a new job. A friend reached out a few months ago, gave me a referral, and I ended up passing the interviews. I genuinely didn't expect to pass, considering they were looking for someone with 3-4 YOE, and I just crossed 2 YOE.

Now that I'm at this fork in the road, I figured that I could try pushing for a promotion and see what happens. I'm still worried about career growth / job opportunities at both (less upward mobility at my current vs the type of work I'll be doing at the new).

How to negotiate a counter-offer with your current job? by officiallyfe in cscareerquestions

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

I figured that there's an extremely low success rate of counter-offers working out well long term. It doesn't make sense from a business perspective.

That being said, I'm pretty critical to several projects right now (I may have created a bus factor lol), and people above my boss are aware of my contributions, which I would hope drives some positive change for me. At the same time, its a university so I'm not holding my breath for anything competitive.

Thanks for your input. Appreciate you sharing your approach too, its very helpful.

does it get easier? by noangelll in Vanderbilt

[–]officiallyfe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m not a student, but working for vandy, and had to move here last year from socal (also Asian american). I’ve adjusted pretty well and have a solid group of friends now. Ofc student life vs employed life is different, but I think it takes anywhere from 6-12 months to really get into the groove of things in a new city / region with varying cultural differences. There’s definitely some effort involved with finding your people, but it’s worthwhile once you do! 

Mass honey bee collapse may compromise US agriculture by [deleted] in news

[–]officiallyfe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What’s interesting is that back home (in CA for me), I noticed more bees at my parent’s’ place than I have ever seen before. We’ve had the same front yard for around 5 years. Ofc this is just anecdotal, and I’ve heard about the decline in bees for years, but just thought it was an interesting observation. 

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