May 31, 2025 at 1:20 am
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June 1, 2025 at 2:10 am
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June 2, 2025 at 2:54 pm
Sometimes the grass is greener because it's on top of a leaking septic tank.
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June 2, 2025 at 4:30 pm
Just a bit under 10yrs ago, I made the choice to jump ship from my employer to a new employer. I didn't stay in the same industry (healthcare) at all, and I'll admit I did it for one main reason.
Money.
Since then, yes, my current employer has their issues (regulations, silo-ing of teams, rules that slow down everything,) but overall? I'm planning to hang in here until I hit retirement. Granted, things could change here, my position could be eliminated, my worksite could get shut down and moved to another state (but not out-sourced to another country!) requiring me to make the choice to follow the job or find another position, but I suspect any of those things will take long enough (see above about regulations and such) that I would be close enough to retirement to bail out with only a small hit.
Did I think the grass would be greener? Nope, I wanted out of a borderline toxic workplace and getting paid more to do less was icing on the cake. Have there been times where I've contemplated seeing what's on the other side of the fence? Absolutely, all those LinkedIn job listings I get emailed with the magic phrase "fully remote" are so very, very tempting (we HAD some telework days every pay period, up until recently.)
But, I'll be the first to admit, I'm a creature of habit and changing employers is a BIG change of habit, along with the concomitant potential of "well, this sounded so much better in the job listing and interviews, yet it's WORSE than what I had before." So, as I said, I expect to be here until I retire.
Now, if only the next 10 years would fly by as fast as this year seems to be... LoL
June 5, 2025 at 6:49 pm
I agree with Grant. In addition, my advice includes that you should move before someone else makes that choice for you. Getting a new job is much easier when you still have one.
I don't recall ever moving to a new job in the same industry, but that was not intentional. Almost all also involved a change in role or technology. Many were involuntary, due to mergers, outsourcing, or a "reduction in force" due a legitimate change in company direction.
Even when a job change was my choice (and especially so), I look at a lot more than the salary and benefits package. (In the US, make sure to go over the benefits in detail, especially including the 401(k) match, insurance deductibles and maximum out-of-pocket limits -- it could be a difference of over $10k between two jobs with the same salary offer.)
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