#Received another offer during first week of work

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limpid canopy
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Hello, I just started work this week on a 70k salary as a technical consultant, currently on my last day of onboarding. This company has FTO and a bonus program ~8%, average benefits.

The new offer is 80k software engineer at a large pharmaceutical company (hourly pay which I thought was strange but idk if it matters) , 2 weeks a year company shutdown and 3 weeks PTO, better benefits.

I did the tax calculator and post tax it looks like I’d only make an extra $150 a week if I take the new offer and it doesn’t start until July 18.

I tried to get 90k from the new company but they called me back and said it’s not doable but they’ll still send me the offer details. What would you do here? Should I tell my current boss about the offer and try to increase my salary at current company ? We all know how tough things are financially I don’t mean to come off as greedy but gas is $5 so I’m okay with trying to leverage here if you think it’s acceptable on the first week.

brisk fog
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I don’t know why people often use the word “greedy” in these situations, I would advise removing that from your mindset

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Everyone wants money, it’s not any more complex than that

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What would I do? I would weigh the pros and cons of taking the other offer, and personally I care a lot about the intangibles of a job so I would look into that as well

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Also you did not mention what benefits the new offer has (bonus , stock , whatever)

limpid canopy
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The other offer has $2500 in stock and 8% target bonus but yes I agree with you the intangibles matter a lot as well, one HR lady asked me if I’d be okay working overtime and I told her sure but in reality I want to sign out at 5 and not do a minute of overtime. My current company seems like way better WLB

brisk fog
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yeah im a big "fuck no" on overtime personally lol

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but at least it would be paid but yeah its up to you

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2500 in stock personally means nothing to me

limpid canopy
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Tough choices here thank you for your input. I think that 10k year difference means nothing much in the grand scheme of things and I should just think long term growth here