My current job pays ~$19/hr it’s a nose pickers job that I took out of desperation. It’s a joint partnership between two companies where one of the companies is the sole customer. Management has been screwing us by making us work a ton of overtime because production is ramping back up. I’m supposed to go back to a regular 40 hr week “soon.” They laid off 30% of their staff a year ago. I’ve been there 5 months and trained 3 different people as they are hiring an entire 3rd shift at the moment.
I generally enjoy my coworkers as they are almost all foreigners from many different places and older. Management is generally nice enough, their hands are tied due to the parent company.
The benefits are 5% 401k company match, 160 hrs of PTO/ yr, good insurance for me and one child is $100/mo similar instance is $1k on the marketplace.
Job I’m looking at is offering close to $25/hr, is a small global company, same 8hr shift 2 weeks of vacation a year, high deductible plan for ~$400/mo which would cost me $600 on the open market, a discretionary 401k company contribution currently at 6%. I would also have more opportunities for advancement at this place and the work would be more engaging to me and likely more opportunities to improve my career as my current job is a major step back for me.
Commute is identical as they are directly across the street from each other. I would also have at least an additional $175 in medical expenses every month as I see a doctor once a month for a chronic condition. If I place a value on my time off based on my current pay rate and subtract my additional costs I figure I would only be making an extra $300/mo and that’s if I don’t have any other medical expenses. It’s also possible that I’d be walking into a more toxic working environment.
Look at the long term benefits/advancement and opportunities in the career field.
As a personal account, my first position out of college there were McDonald’s employees making more than me, however 3 years there and that was the last time I worked as an hourly employee and moved up to management, also the company I worked for was very prestigious so the opportunities to move and work overseas was available.
Granted, the 3 years was a goddamn grind…
Funny to see how corpos have brainwashed yous into stating your PTO in hours 😂😂
Sounds way more than a paltry 18 days or whatever
Still more than the 10 days I imagine you get by stating it as 2 weeks though I guess
Yeah, I’d be pushing for more time off. I wouldn’t go backwards on that unless the new job is significantly less work.
When I was being recruited for a branch management position I told them I wouldn’t go from a shitty 3 weeks of vacation to 2 weeks that they had offered, it had to be the same or more. They came back with unlimited in writing. Since I knew the recruiter and he’d be my boss, having worked with him for years, I knew he’d approve whatever I asked off it was reasonable. All I really want is a week off a quarter. So far it’s been a great change.
There a difference between PTO and days off. With PTO you can take just a few hours or even fractions of hours off, rather than having to take full days. PTO is also accrued for hours worked, often days off are rewarded at certain times is the year, either your anniversary date or first of the year
