JerrySTL ★ Posted September 18, 2019 Share #1 Posted September 18, 2019 I received two job offers yesterday each paying $10k per year than I am getting now. I don't think that I'm going to take either offer. It really isn't that much as (1) I am only working until June and (2) their 401k match isn't vested for a few years. I'm vested where I work now for 3% match so that's about $3k there. So call it around $5k raise. My current job is OK except for the government guy in charge of it. He's a jerk. If he pisses me off I can always get another job or just retire. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted September 18, 2019 Share #2 Posted September 18, 2019 Darn. I thought you were giving away a $10K pay raise and I was all 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted September 18, 2019 Share #3 Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, JerrySTL said: guy in charge of it. He's a jerk. If he pisses me off I can always get another job or just retire. That's the way my job was until one day he just pissed me off enuff that I just said f-this and I retired. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zealot Posted September 19, 2019 Popular Post Share #4 Posted September 19, 2019 I took a $20k paycut to stop working in DC about 11 years ago. Seriously, it was no longer worth the hours spent in commuting and the effects it was having on my health. Money isn’t everything. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Administrator Posted September 19, 2019 Share #5 Posted September 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Zealot said: I took a $20k paycut to stop working in DC about 11 years ago. Seriously, it was no longer worth the hours spent in commuting and the effects it was having on my health. I took an $8k paycut the last time I switched jobs. It was 100% worth it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted September 19, 2019 Share #6 Posted September 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, Forum Administrator said: I took an $8k paycut the last time I switched jobs. It was 100% worth it. I’m taking a $12k pay cut in November in order to not have to directly report to a particular administrator any more. If it gives me as much clearance of him as I hope, it will be totally worth it. I can make up the difference elsewhere, even if it means more weekend/holiday work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Administrator Posted September 19, 2019 Share #7 Posted September 19, 2019 16 minutes ago, Prophet Zacharia said: I’m taking a $12k pay cut in November in order to not have to directly report to a particular administrator any more That was exactly why I did it. I went from a job I really thought I would retire from to a job I hated every minute I was there. It was all because a great boss was replaced with a terrible boss. I do have the regret that when the terrible boss quit, I honestly believe I could have stepped into his place. The person they hired is amazing. I think I would have enjoyed working under him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted September 19, 2019 Share #8 Posted September 19, 2019 15 minutes ago, Forum Administrator said: I do have the regret that when the terrible boss quit, I honestly believe I could have stepped into his place. I turned down a position years ago that was later filled by this prick, who was at that time just up-and-coming. That was his foot in the door. It was a job that I would have hated, and he wasn’t terrible then, so I don’t really regret that. But I then actually recommended to our boss that he’d be good in another role, too. THAT is when he turned into an egotistical monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted September 19, 2019 Share #9 Posted September 19, 2019 Good for you Jerry! 10K can make your life hell,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted September 21, 2019 Share #10 Posted September 21, 2019 Hmm. I voluntarily left a job that had a national role for a private sector firm. Yea, it was ok pay. And then moved to another province where I had to look for work. (And found something less). Looking back, I realized I had reached my personal limit in management politics. It was a job that did help me grow other skills. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted September 21, 2019 Share #11 Posted September 21, 2019 I took a 10K pay cut 3 years ago for more freedom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted September 21, 2019 Share #12 Posted September 21, 2019 I took a $10,000 cut in pay to give up a 70 mile commute. It turns out my new bosses are jerks, but I have a more flexible work scheduled and close enough that I can run home at lunch to let the doggie out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted September 21, 2019 Share #13 Posted September 21, 2019 12 hours ago, shootingstar said: Hmm. I voluntarily left a job that had a national role for a private sector firm. Yea, it was ok pay. And then moved to another province where I had to look for work. (And found something less). Looking back, I realized I had reached my personal limit in management politics. It was a job that did help me grow other skills. And since then, I did take upon 2 other jobs which were management. 1 of the jobs was a 3 hr. round daily trip commute....I kept telling myself this is only a contract job. I get paid decently now...without the management stuff. It is enormous relief to do one's job well and now, watch from the sidelines. Actually some ugly stuff brewing at the higher levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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