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Job offer.
Got a job offer yesterday. Two weeks of hunting. Hot damn.
PHP developer for a marketing company. Located in Boca Raton. Starting base salary will be 93% of my previous salary, but there's a lot of potential for solid and quick advancement. The company has about 150 employees, and should bring a level of stability that I haven't had for a few years. I'd start August 8 or sooner. Bimonthly pay cycle.
Pros:
Cons:
Migitaging factors:
The delimma: This is my first offer. But it's the best one on the immediate horizon. If I take this offer, I'll get double paid for a few weeks, and can stop worrying about this insane job hunt. OTOH, with 7 weeks of severance left, I have the luxury of being able to wait if I want to. I really don't want to, but I have a strong sense of doubt about whether I should wait for something better.
PHP developer for a marketing company. Located in Boca Raton. Starting base salary will be 93% of my previous salary, but there's a lot of potential for solid and quick advancement. The company has about 150 employees, and should bring a level of stability that I haven't had for a few years. I'd start August 8 or sooner. Bimonthly pay cycle.
Pros:
- Benefits start on day 1, which is huge since most places start after 3 months, and my severance coverage will run out by then. Medical and vision (with open access HMO or a POS). Dental PPO. Company paid life insurance, short and long term disability. 401K with 4% matching. Flexible spending account (pre-tax). Available discounted health club membership. 9 paid holidays. Two weeks paid vacation year one, three weeks year two, 4 weeks year 5. One week sick leave, two days "personal leave".
- Direct deposit.
- If this works out, we'd have a foothold further north to be able to move out of Miami.
Cons:
- 35 mile commute.
- Small pay cut.
- There's pretty much no way I'd be able to continue at FIU.
- Isn't there a rule of thumb about not taking the first offer?
Migitaging factors:
- The commute is mostly against traffic, and may end up being the same time or less than my old 14 mile 45-60 minute commute. (Need to leave here early one morning to test that.)
- 5 or 6 weeks of severance (depending on when I start) will be about 10% of my old salary. 93% + 10% = 103%, which is more like a very small raise. And the company is switching to a quarterly review / raise cycle, which could put my first raise before year-end.
- FAU's main campus is less than 6 miles away.
The delimma: This is my first offer. But it's the best one on the immediate horizon. If I take this offer, I'll get double paid for a few weeks, and can stop worrying about this insane job hunt. OTOH, with 7 weeks of severance left, I have the luxury of being able to wait if I want to. I really don't want to, but I have a strong sense of doubt about whether I should wait for something better.
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Get the hell out of Miami.
But seriously. If possible compare the offer with what you know about the other positions you interviewed for. (Dangling participle, I know. Shoot me.) Unless one of those other positions is going to beat the existing offer by an ungodly margin AND you've got a good feeling that you will get the job, take the sure thing.
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(Dangling participle, I know. Shoot me.)
I like dangling participles. ;)
You're right about the sure thing, though. The only other active, immediate possibility I've got going right now wouldn't pay significantly more, and wouldn't have benefits start for 3 months. Everything else is either idle or off into the future.