I received quite a good job offer but I am hesitating. I’ve never quit a job that I didn’t just despise.
You guys always offer such great objective advice I thought I would throw it out here. Here is the skinny:
Current Gig
Positives: Have already proven myself and now have a lot of autonomy from my boss. Laid back atmosphere. Love the team I work with. Hourly pay. Office with own bathroom (whoohoo).
Negative: Underpaid. No 401K match. Partially in charge of marketing (yuck). Unless there is a lot of impending change I don’t know about, there isn’t any promotional opportunities. Getting pretty boring with a lot of downtime.
New Offer
Positive: $8000.00/yr raise in salary, 2-4 more days of PTO, $75/mo phone allowance, potential $2,900/yr bonus. 401K match up to $1000/yr. Challenging. Promotional opportunities.
Negative: No office. Will not be able to travel by bike, but mileage paid. Stricter hours & less autonomy.
Unkowns: Team seems nice, but you never know. New boss - possible micromanager but can’t tell for sure. Salary could be a good thing or a bad thing, but it seems like my boss works long hours.
I think I am also partial to my current job because I was able to come in and turned the place around. The first year I was here was awful. We have come along way and it feels hard to give that up no matter how boring it's becoming. I almost feel protective over it! Plus, I've been reading through the forums and there is a lot of advice to keep jobs that you don't hate, lol.
We are in our mid-30's and beside rental property and normal retirement things, we just really started our own FIRE program. This raise could really help.
Thought?