Comfort of Current Job or More Money? (1 Viewer)

[saintfool]

For me it'd come down to two things:

1. Is there an opportunity to learn more in the new gig? If I can learn more AND get paid more while having similar if not better upwards mobility, I'd sacrifice the life balance part a bit for that. (especially when it doesn't sound like it's going to be THAT much worse on that front)

2. Am I very comfortable with what I am making now, and how much more comfortable would I be with that bump? For example, if I were making 500K/year and the bump would be to 600K a year, that's nice but I'd feel 500K is already pretty comfortable so the pay bump wouldn't be a critical factor. However, if I'm only making 300K and the bump is to 375K, that's much more meaningful to me as I know that 300K isn't very comfortable and 375K gets me closer to what I want.

only in the FFA is 375k not making enough.

 

[NutterButter]

For me it'd come down to two things:

1. Is there an opportunity to learn more in the new gig? If I can learn more AND get paid more while having similar if not better upwards mobility, I'd sacrifice the life balance part a bit for that. (especially when it doesn't sound like it's going to be THAT much worse on that front)

2. Am I very comfortable with what I am making now, and how much more comfortable would I be with that bump? For example, if I were making 500K/year and the bump would be to 600K a year, that's nice but I'd feel 500K is already pretty comfortable so the pay bump wouldn't be a critical factor. However, if I'm only making 300K and the bump is to 375K, that's much more meaningful to me as I know that 300K isn't very comfortable and 375K gets me closer to what I want.

only in the FFA is 375k not making enough.

Yeah, if that's the type of money we're talking about than I have nothing to add b/c I'd never trade in things like guaranteed low stress and time with my kids just to make more money to acquire more possessions. Sure it could also be earlier retirement, but at what cost.

 

[jfranco77]

You're 30. You say you're never going to be promoted. Is this what you want to do for the next 30 years of your life? Probably not, right? So you're probably going to jump ship someday....who's to say that a better offer is going to come 3, 5, 10 years from now. This is probably just a difference in personality, but I thrive on competition and challenge....I'd probably jump ship if I were you, given what you've said so far in this thread.

This guy here, he's right.