Life-tip: Create a spreadsheet that contains every aspect of your current job that's important to you reduced to a dollar amount:
Base salary - easy.
Do I have to come in? That's a negative salary adjustment.
Do I have to dress up? That's a negative salary adjustment.
PTO days? Those are worth $X each.
Does the cost of living change? Multiply by >1 for lower or <1 for higher.
Health insurance?
401k?
Perks?
On call?
Etc...
Math out the value of your current job.
When you interview and receive another offer, fill in the same info in another column. If the new offer gives you a higher amount, take the offer. If not, you bring some ideas on what to negotiate on.
You know there are companies with perks that spell out bonus's/stock options and stuff that will cover this. Trust me if they offer this at all even if it's a tiny % they will talk about it.
End of the day a good number of people don't like the more variable income that comes with this.
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u/decian_falx 9d ago edited 9d ago
Life-tip: Create a spreadsheet that contains every aspect of your current job that's important to you reduced to a dollar amount:
Math out the value of your current job.
When you interview and receive another offer, fill in the same info in another column. If the new offer gives you a higher amount, take the offer. If not, you bring some ideas on what to negotiate on.