Can I leverage a job offer into a raise at my current job?

[Rawtid]

ya'll were right. they played like they were all about calling HR to see if they could come up with a counteroffer, but that shyt never even materialized. then they offered me an office that's significantly closer to my house. (30 min with no traffic as opposed to 90 minutes in shytty traffic)

I even considered staying just off that, but reality hit me the other day. I had to pay $1300 just for my daughter's school bus fee this week, and I look like turning down an 8K annual raise at a gig that allows me to work from home daily in my underwear while watching sports center????

the money I'm saving in time, travel, wear and fule on my car, and dry cleaning will add even more money to my pocket. Plus I will get to be home every day when my kids get off school. that's gonna be priceless.

factor in I'm getting a final paycheck, plus a paycheck for my 210 accrued vacation hours that they kept denying me to the point where I couldn't accrue.

You got the offer from the new job August 9th, you took it right?

 

[ThumpDaddy]

Man, that sounds like a pretty good deal. I think I would jump on that as long as you know that the new company is a stable company. Good luck and I hope you make the decision that's best for you.

 

[beenz]

This is wrong... I work for a Benefits Admin company (one of the largest), and I'd say about 1/3 of the employees work 90% from home. More than half work about 50-75% of the time from home. And actually, my wife is about to start a new job for a large Health Care provider (on of the largest as well) that offers the opportunity to work almost 100% of the time from home after you've been employed there for either 1 or 2 years (can't remember exactly). It all depends of the function of your job

I work for a hospital system now, and work at home 1-2 times a week. my new company makes the software that I use currently at this job. but since I will be working with multiple hospital systems at the new gig, there's no reason for me to be in an office. plus, the office is in tennessee and arizona I believe. They are gonna ship me a VOIP phone, laptop, printer, and blackberry.

I don't even know why you're questioning this. 90 minute commute vs. working from home with an 8k raise??? Fuuuuuuck that shyt .

thinking back, I should NOT have even debated in making a decision. my boss was laying a guilt trip on me making me question my decision which is based on sound logic

Be careful how you go about it because It depends on the circumstances at your company. Talk to your manager ad get a feel of where they are.

I've done it before and got an immediate $10K raise added to my base salary and another % added to my bonuses. But my circumstances was a bit different. I was part of a team of engineers that was originally 11 deep and eventually was down to 4 due to other departures and people getting promoted and them not replacing them. Yet we had the same workload.
Thing is we were the SMEs on the products/systems we supported so they could not afford to let anyone else go because I was the lead in 2 major projects with some of our strategic partners.

man I was the last person left of a team of 4. none of which they replaced or really even tried to replace. so I was doing 4 people's job. then they started denying all my vacation request cuz I'm the only person in the company with my specific job all the while letting EVERYONE in my department go on multiple vacations this summer. so as everyone is finding out I'm leaving they are like all saying "you are doing the right thing cuz they were trying to fukk u over". my company is short sighted. They could have EASILY matched my current job offer, but by not, not only do they have to bring in temp workers to cover my stuff, but they gotta pay me more for my vacation time than the 8K in raises I was getting in the first place.

 

[Rawtid]

man I was the last person left of a team of 4. none of which they replaced or really even tried to replace. so I was doing 4 people's job. then they started denying all my vacation request cuz I'm the only person in the company with my specific job all the while letting EVERYONE in my department go on multiple vacations this summer. so as everyone is finding out I'm leaving they are like all saying "you are doing the right thing cuz they were trying to fukk u over". my company is short sighted. They could have EASILY matched my current job offer, but by not, not only do they have to bring in temp workers to cover my stuff, but they gotta pay me more for my vacation time than the 8K in raises I was getting in the first place.

fukk 'em and Congrats on your new gig!

 

[Just like bruddas]

Here's the deal:

Been at my job for 1 1/2 years now. job is cool, but they are jerking me with my vacation time big time.

Got offered new job and will be working with another dude who was formerly on my team.

New job will pay about 8K more a year and I get to work at home 95% of the time. The new company actually will ship me a laptop, VOIP phone, printer, and all that shyt.

I haven't told my boss yet cuz I just got this offer this morning. but this is an uncomfortable situation. Is it possible to leverage this job offer into getting more money here? staying here would be easier since I already know the job, so I wouldn't have to learn. of course the drawbacks of staying are the ridiculous vacation issue and I'd have to come in the office 3-4 days a week, and the commute is long.

what should I do????

I would let your ass go and hire someone else and pay them less.

 

[Atlrocafella]

I tried this last week. Got an offer from a competitor, asked my job if they would be willing to match. They said no, so I dropped the two weeks notice on them the same day.

 

[Food Mane]

1.5 years is not enough to demand anything. You're still a new employee.

So I'd say just take the job offer, it's a better deal.

But if you're a top producer or something, there's a small chance when you go in to resign, they will be like we'll offer you X to stay.

Unlikely, but hey someone DOES win the powerball

I'll offer you 10k coli cash to type in a normal font. bytch ass courier

 

[Brandon M.]

question : what do these work at home jobs consist of?

 

[DrX]

What are the disadvantages of the other job? I only see positives listed.

Its a start up, it might fold or not make enough to pay employees

 

[Robbie3000]

Seems like you made the right decision.

 

[beenz]

Its a start up, it might fold or not make enough to pay employees

I don't know if u are referring to me, but where I'm going is faaaaarrrrr from a start up. They are on NYSE.

I tried this last week. Got an offer from a competitor, asked my job if they would be willing to match. They said no, so I dropped the two weeks notice on them the same day.

Congrats. Knowing u got that new job in the wings is a liberating feeling. I'm over here with no fukks given for the next two weeks.

 

[PrnzHakeem]

@beaniemac I'm gonna take a guess and say you're an EHR Application Analyst

Next time you got a question about salaries and what not, hit me up. I'll give you some salary ranges and what not.

I kinda want to look around at other gigs, but the one gig I want to apply for is a client and I dont want to tip off my boss.

 

[beenz]

This is wrong... I work for a Benefits Admin company (one of the largest), and I'd say about 1/3 of the employees work 90% from home. More than half work about 50-75% of the time from home. And actually, my wife is about to start a new job for a large Health Care provider (on of the largest as well) that offers the opportunity to work almost 100% of the time from home after you've been employed there for either 1 or 2 years (can't remember exactly). It all depends of the function of your job

exactly. working at home saves the company money. now they can have me "in the office" @ 7am instead of 830 or 9 am due to no commuting. plus, it saves the employer money as they don't have to have an office/building/cubicle to house me, don't have to pay ComED for an office for me to work at, don't have to pay People's Gas for heat or any of that stuff as I'll be at the crib. It's beneficial to them as well.

 

[beenz]

@beaniemac I'm gonna take a guess and say you're an EHR Application Analyst

Next time you got a question about salaries and what not, hit me up. I'll give you some salary ranges and what not.

I kinda want to look around at other gigs, but the one gig I want to apply for is a client and I dont want to tip off my boss.

kinda sorta.....I'm not in IT. I wont be doing technical shyt unless it is report building or showing the clients how to pull data from the system.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Here's the deal:

Been at my job for 1 1/2 years now. job is cool, but they are jerking me with my vacation time big time.

Got offered new job and will be working with another dude who was formerly on my team.

New job will pay about 8K more a year and I get to work at home 95% of the time. The new company actually will ship me a laptop, VOIP phone, printer, and all that shyt.

I haven't told my boss yet cuz I just got this offer this morning. but this is an uncomfortable situation. Is it possible to leverage this job offer into getting more money here? staying here would be easier since I already know the job, so I wouldn't have to learn. of course the drawbacks of staying are the ridiculous vacation issue and I'd have to come in the office 3-4 days a week, and the commute is long.

what should I do????

the job offer sounds cool as fukk

you always have the come up when it comes to your career brah


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