Salary is the most fundamental requirement of any job. It is the principal consideration for an individual in the course of making a career choice. As a rule of thumb, the salary you are getting at the time of changing your job should be at least 30% higher than your current one. This will make you eligible for an increment. You can also use this 30% factor when negotiating your salary in a new job.
But sometimes the salary is not everything.
Some bosses might not be so good and here are a few stories.
- IT GM SLAMS DOOR TO SHOW AUTHORITY, REGRETS LATER AS CEO’S FRIEND WAS THERE
- UNQUALIFIED IT GM ABUSES AUTHORITY, EVEN FART MUST LET HIM KNOW
A user posted on Reddit and question if salary is important
I feel like it’s time to move on from my current job, but I do not know how to tell my boss. He’s a good boss, doesn’t micromanage, doesn’t shout or scold. The initial job scope has changed but the salary hasn’t. I highly doubt the salary would increase but I have not asked for an increment yet. I don’t know how to ask lol.
Currently, I’ve been offered a job with about a 35% increase in salary. I want to leave but I feel bad about it because my boss has been great.
How would you go about it?
I just spoke to my boss, he said he can’t match the increment and the best he could do is an additional bonus at the end of every year. But he did say at the end of the day I have to think for myself and decide what’s best for me. He has no issues with me leaving.
So that’s good I guess? I told him I will give him an answer by Chinese New Year, he said he is okay with waiting. I offered to complete all current projects for him first before tendering my resignation. Which should be around March when all will be done. Thank you everyone for the encouragement!!