Working CAGS: How much would it take to quit your job

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This is mainly to any of the CAG's who are a full time salaried employee. How much money would it take for you to leave your position to go work for another company in the same field? Where do some of you draw the line between going somewhere else for more money and staying put due to loyality?
 
Loyalty means nothing in the workplace.

If I there's a job that is considerably easier, and may pay more than what I have now... I go for it in a heartbeat.
 
[quote name='kittie']Loyalty means nothing in the workplace.

If I there's a job that is considerably easier, and may pay more than what I have now... I go for it in a heartbeat.[/QUOTE]

:applause:

I absolutely agree. Even if you get along with your employer... even if they are your best friend, they can always stab you in the back. Money makes bosses greedy, plain and simple.
 
hmm, points well taken. The only reason I ask is because I have been approached by another company about a job. The salary is between 10-20% more than I make now. The driving distance is exactly the same and the type of job is very similar.
 
10-20% isn't much... especially if you're still a student. I'd maybe do more research before quitting your current job, if you like it.
 
I think about quitting every single day, so it wouldn't take much. The only thing keeping me at my job is the pay. So far in the battle of money vs. happiness, money has won. I don't know for how much longer though, heh.
 
Well, it's within the same city, right down the road from where I work now, probably closer. I'm happy with my job now, but if I had a chance to go somewhere else to make more money and learn more then I am definitely going to at least consider the offer.
 
[quote name='Saucy Jack']Even if you get along with your employer... even if they are your best friend, they can always stab you in the back.
[/QUOTE]
And if they don't stab you in the back, a different corporation will come along and buyout the company and then they'll stab you in the back.
 
[quote name='mtxbass1']Well, it's within the same city, right down the road from where I work now, probably closer. I'm happy with my job now, but if I had a chance to go somewhere else to make more money and learn more then I am definitely going to at least consider the offer.[/QUOTE]

Other things I'd consider are:

How do the benefits compare?
Is the new company going to make you work more hours?
How do the opportunities for advancement compare (if you're looking for that sort of thing)?
Will you mesh with their corporate culture?

I'd also compare the financial outlook of the two companies. I know quite a few people that left solid jobs for a higher salaried job with a company that tanked a year or two after they got there.
 
[quote name='kittie']10-20% isn't much... especially if you're still a student. I'd maybe do more research before quitting your current job, if you like it.[/QUOTE]


10-20% isn't much? If one is making 10 bucks an hour that is between a 1 and 2 dollar raise--so at 40 hours a week that is 40-80 dollars, over a year thats 2000-4000 dollars. There will be few times in life that one will get a 50% increase in pay for doing comparable jobs. Take that job, earn more money, then hopefully next year or the year after you get another 10% raise and so on.
 
More money is always nice. However, if your current working environment is nice, good management, good co-workers, decent hours, stressfree or any of those then it is worth considering. When moving to a new company you can't always tell what the lifestyle is and I would put a lot into that. I would prefer to not go nuts being stressed out but making more money. Make sense? So I would see if there is anyone in that other company who you cna get an honest opinion about how it is or find out as much as you can about the lifestyle too.
 
Well, the company is very stable (as is the one I am with now). They 10-20% would be several thousand more than I make now. Same benefits with shorter working hours as well. I'm definitely going to entertain their offer and see what happens between the two.
 
I'm not full-time, but I have a job that seems like it's full-time.

What would it take me to quit? Not a whole lot. I want nothing more than to have a job that recquires no thinking / skill again.
 
I've been wondering what it was like to have a real job... being self employed is cool, 'till you get stiffed for 10k. Hard to beat being your own boss though...
 
Though my job is not the best, it is 15 minutes & 15 miles away. I make $500 less compared to the last but it more than makes up for it. The amount of money I saved on gas (I drove 100miles a day roundtrip on my last job) more than makes up the difference. It also helps that I'm not getting whacked onincome tax from two states.
 
[quote name='mtxbass1']This is mainly to any of the CAG's who are a full time salaried employee. How much money would it take for you to leave your position to go work for another company in the same field?[/QUOTE]

When I worked at radioshack managers where salaried and a lot of them quit their is quit a few that had balls to stick it out. however most would leave to go to mcdonalds if the hours were less and the pay was better.
 
[quote name='tdphillips']I'd do it for 10-20%. How long would it take you to get a raise like that from your current employer?[/QUOTE]

Heh, quite a while. Corporations are whores once they have you locked in.
 
Getting paid more money isn't the best solution. If you really wanna be a high roller, you've gotta learn it's not the money you make. It's the money you and keep and how much of it you invest to make more money. I'd never quit my job... then again, I'm da boss ;)
 
I'd leave in a heartbeat for a better salary, matching benefits, and full tuition reimbursement for my masters, since my current job only gives partial tuition reimbursement. Also, a shorter commute would make me consider another job. I wouldn't really go looking, though, unless an opportunity presented itself to me.
 
Well in my old job it would have only took better pay and matching benefits. Now that I work for my fathers small business, I think I would be kicked out of the family if I went to work for a competitor.
 
[quote name='ryanbph']Well in my old job it would have only took better pay and matching benefits. Now that I work for my fathers small business, I think I would be kicked out of the family if I went to work for a competitor.[/QUOTE]

What kind of business is it? I've learned not to make any emotional attachments to any of the businesses I'm currently in (or in the formation of) since I'll probably end up selling it when it becomes profitable to do so.
 
[quote name='mtxbass1']Heh, quite a while. Corporations are whores once they have you locked in.[/QUOTE]

Not all of them are bad. The one I work for gives 20% raises to all of us sales managers every year.
 
[quote name='greendj27']Not all of them are bad. The one I work for gives 20% raises to all of us sales managers every year.[/QUOTE]
Sales?! Sales department gets the best treatment as they are one bringing the money in. As for me, I worked in support and we got paid dick (Even though are support was rated one of the highest in our industry). You wanna know what my 'raise' was last review? ONE PERCENT. Sales on the otherhand gets all the bonuses and the like. Bottom line is if you don't directly affect the bottom line, then you are at the bottom of the totempole.
 
[quote name='greendj27']Not all of them are bad. The one I work for gives 20% raises to all of us sales managers every year.[/QUOTE]

Well of course. Our salesmen make a lot of money a year. It's the support (ie: programmers and whatnot) who make their jobs possible that get dicked over.
 
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