I've pretty much got my mind made up that I'm going for the new job.

Here's the deal, my current salary is $38,729.60 with 15 days paid vacation a year, plus 10 paid holidays (25 days total). I get $1000/yr tuition reimbursement, which isn't much. Since I'm salaried, there's basically no chance of overtime.

I was offered a position for $45,760 with 28 days off a year (no holidays, they must be taken out of my leave time), $1500/yr tuition reimbursement, and a certification allowance. This is an hourly position with the chance of overtime, but also the chance of not getting the full 40 hours.

Now, I like my current job, have a good work relationship with everyone here and enjoy the atmosphere, but I scrape by at the end of each pay period. The new job would allow for $135 more a week, or $585.87 more a month.

The drive wouldn't change but maybe two miles one way, so that's trivial.

Like I said, I've pretty much made up my mind, but was curious if your thoughts.

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You should ask your self, is it soemthing that you like to do? Personally I wouldent becuase their is a chance that you may make less then the job your currently at. But then again I work in an place where you have to fight for hours.

I say ask for a raise or your going to consider other options. Don't burn bridges but let them know your are serious. If you like working at the current place a moderate raise, (not quite what you would make at the new one) will be worth staying there IMO. The time off you have at the current would be a major factor in my decision.

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just take the new job and be done with it. with the fact that your current job seems to be dead end, you are scraping, and the job environment has gone down over the last six months, take the new job where advancement is available, overtime is available, and you start out with a "bonus raise" from the get go. my .02 cents. now if i could make 38k a year, i would pop a boner.

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Well I considered the 10 paid holidays you get currently...so I was looking it like 35 to 28. Not a big deal now that I look at the actual numbers...LOL

I personally don't like jumping ship. I guess I'm not a real big risk taker when it comes to making a living. When I look at a new job I consider the stability of my current job and the possibility of getting laid off if things get slow at the new one, because I'm the "low man" on the totem pole. But I work in a very "feast or famine" type field, (assembly machines and fixtures). If industry in my area gets slow...so do I. That may not be the case with IT....I have no idea.

getty up

-kent-




'98 Talon...gone, but not forgotten

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