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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 12:11 AM
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im being offered a job which will give a salary of £23000 plus 20% shift enhancement, so a total of £27,600 per year.
to travel to my new job will cost me £2000 a year

Im on at the moment £23,400 but no shifts, so no enhancement,but i only live 3 mile away so not really any cost but lets say £600 a year in travel bills ie:fuel

So would you change jobs for approximately for roughly £130 after tax a month ??

Ive asked the "new" boss for another £2000-£2500 extra and for him to get back to me on this...which would mean £250 minimum extra after tax per month to me

the new job means i give up 19 years in my old job and the position of team leader,the holidays and pension are pretty much the same and cancel each other out, so it boils down to raw cash.......

what would you do ????

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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 12:16 AM
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thats a tough one mate!

its easy to go grab the most cash but the loyalty and convenience of current job has got to be worth something? Have you asked current boss about prospects and pay rise?
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 12:18 AM
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25K A YEARS not bad depends where you live and outgoing bills really

depends on what trade your in you never stated that
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Lambchop
thats a tough one mate!

its easy to go grab the most cash but the loyalty and convenience of current job has got to be worth something? Have you asked current boss about prospects and pay rise?
current boss gave me another 5% 2 weeks ago to make me up to £23,400 but now there is no where for me to go in the way of prospects

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25K A YEARS not bad depends where you live and outgoing bills really

depends on what trade your in you never stated that
the trade im in is classed as a toolmaker but the trade is a very specialised one where there are not many people in the would can do it,but then it dont comand much of a salary,where as you expext it would
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 12:26 AM
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are you a saw doctor ....??? what tools
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by badcompany
are you a saw doctor ....??? what tools
ok, you asked,,,,, i make areospace thread rolling dies which we make to a tollerance of 3 parts of a thousanths of an inch or .0003",in lamen terms,these make the fasteners that hold your areoplanes together, there are only 3 more companys in the uk that make them, that would put me very high up in the "skilled" department for this job,yes i should be paid millions but im not,
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 12:41 AM
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right im off to bed now, but i do need help with this one,,,

i will read all other answers tomorrow when im a little sober-er

thanks for all those who have and will answer
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 12:42 AM
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the balls in your court then.. tell the boss the situation if you

wanna make a move ..better prospects & alike see what he says ..

but make sure what you want before you tell him

it could get messy

in my company im only a payroll number ....
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 12:45 AM
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life's a learning curve enjoy and go for it experience counts
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 07:03 AM
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Better the devil you know, Personnally i would stay put as for the £130 a month extra you could end up in a totally shit shot job and hate it

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