Hi Reddit,
I'm a 28 year old civil engineer. Recently, I became a Professional Engineer, which allows me to seal plans for construction. With the extra responsibility comes a substantial pay increase. Knowing the new title had value, I decided to feel out the job market a bit.
-I got an offer for a job at 70,000, with 7 additional days off per year compared to what i'm currently getting. This opportunity is at a company whose civil engineering business just started about 3 years ago, so it would just be me, the engineer I report to, and a few students working on the CE side of things. This means I'd have fewer resources around, and there would likely be a lot more weight on my shoulders. The rest of the firm is architects.
-My current company (a purely engineering firm) increased my salary to 60,000, and was not willing to negotiate. Before the weekend, I gave my boss a heads up that the other offer was too good to refuse, and I would make some decisions on Monday. He called me back later and said they are willing to give me a 1 time retention bonus if I stay, and that I could name my price.
A bit of background on my current position: I'm the most talented guy on the team in terms of software utilization, and the most diversified, so nobody wants me to leave. My boss was willing to negotiate with me during our first meeting, but the corporate structure of the company has bound his hands. The history of their non-negotiating policy goes back a very long ways, yet they seem to underpay the younger employees across the board. The 1 time bonus I was offered seems like the only play my boss had available to him to keep me around. I've been working at my current company for 5 years, and I'm comfortable where I am. There are opportunities to rise up within the company and I'm a serious contender, but there's no definite timeline on that sort of thing.
In summary, after calculating in bonuses and other perks, the new company's offer is 8,000 more than my current company, with 7 additional days off. The drawback is that I'd be taking a leap of faith into a role where I basically have less supporting staff and probably a lot more stress.
Have any of you been in a similar situation? I'm struggling to identify a general tipping point at which a salary at a new company is worth the risk of having a more stressful work environment.
Thanks for reading
Submitted June 10, 2017 at 11:28AM by strummalummadingdong http://ift.tt/2sOhJxY
