I have been in this role for 2 years. This position is the lowest paid I've had since starting to work full time after school (I'm 27 right now). I originally took it because I was moving states and Only had a couple days to interview in the state i moved to. I interviewed for 7 jobs during that time but this position was my first offer. I accepted it without hesitation or negotiating the salary because I had a really good vibe from my potential bosses and I was mainly focused on getting a job where I'd have good relationships with my co-workers in an environment that isn't so stressful that I hate being at work.
After I accepted this position I got offers for 4 more of the positions I interviewed for (this job called me the day after I interviewed but the others trickled in over the next 2 weeks). All of the other positions paid more. I decided to stick with the one I accepted because I didn't want to burn a bridge by backtracking on my acceptance since I know this may be an organization I would want to work for at some point (interview left me with such a positive impression).
Anyways that was two years ago. It turned out that my gut was right. I love working for this org. My coworkers are great and I really enjoy the work. The only problem is the pay. I haven't had a single pay increase. Also not in an industry that gives bonuses or anything like that. I stuck with it because I like the job but at the two year mark I realized I needed to start earning more. I live in a very expensive city and this job makes it so I can't really save any additional money. My previous jobs paid well so I have savings but I've been living paycheck to paycheck just to avoid touching any of the money I made before I started this job. I've reached the point here I want to start putting more money away again. An opportunity came up through a friend to interview for a position with another org. I wound up getting the job. It pays 20k more than my current job and is around what I've made in previous jobs. I decided to accept the position and quit my current job.
I gave a month notice to ease my departure for my current job in hopes that they would have time to fill my job before I leave. I negotiated my start date to be two months after I accepted the offer so I Could take some time to chill in between. Long story short, my position hasn't been filled yet and I start my new job next week.
In the last 1.5 month they raised the salary for my current job to 50,000. My current boss has also asked me to stay. I agreed to stay a little extra since they didn't find a person to replace me by my original end date so I delayed my end date.
In these last few weeks since I quit I have realized that I really really like my job. Ive even chosen to stay an extra week (last week I have 'off' before I start my new job) because I like the work and really want to see something through that may fall apart if I don't. I could have easily said 'fuck it' since the issue showed up at 3pm on my last day which was a Friday, but I didn't have any urge to do so because I actually like the work and believe in it.
I know that my next job will not be as fulfilling. At the same time, I really can't afford to stay in my current job with such low pay. I stuck it out for two years because I liked the job but I can't justify another two. I am sure that if I decided I wanted to rescind my resignation they would let me. On one hand.. they did up the pay 5k. On the other.. I'd be walking away from a 15k pay bump AND burning the bridge since I'd be withdrawing my acceptance days before I was scheduled to start after they were very gracious by giving me a two month delayed start date.
Idk exactly what I am here for but maybe just some perspectives? Am I crazy to leave a job I like just for money? I feel like finding a job you like with a company you like is so rare and I'm stating to think I'm an idiot for dropping it just for money. I know for a fact the next job will be at best a 6/10 when it comes to level of enjoyment. But my overall quality of life will improve substantially with the pay bump since I'll have more spending money. For the last two years my salary has just covered my rent and basic living expenses and since I don't want to tap into my savings, I've barely spent money on 'fun' things. This pay bump will mean extra money to have fun outside of work. It will also mean I can start adding money to my savings again, which I really want to do. Please share any of your opinions. I just want some feedback to help me put things into perspective.
Tl;dr leaving a job I like for a job I'll dislike that pays a lot more..how good of a decision is this?
Submitted October 22, 2018 at 06:17AM by Final_Fruit https://ift.tt/2OCOP2x
