What do you think about this salary?

Success101

I currently have a job paying $50k with benefits. The problem is my boss isn't knowledgeable and the job is boring.

I had a interview last week and received a offer today paying $48k as base salary. However, you have bill at least 25hrs a week and each hour over 27hrs will be $30 per hour. Job is with a msp and has no benefits. I guess I'm a little nervous in regards to the no benefits and the salary scale. How hard is it to reach 25hrs? I've never worked in an msp environment.

Any opinions?

GoodBishop

Success101 wrote: »

I currently have a job paying $50k with benefits. The problem is my boss isn't knowledgeable and the job is boring.

I had a interview last week and received a offer today paying $48k as base salary. However, you have bill at least 25hrs a week and each hour over 27hrs will be $30 per hour. Job is with a msp and has no benefits. I guess I'm a little nervous in regards to the no benefits and the salary scale. How hard is it to reach 25hrs? I've never worked in an msp environment.

Any opinions?

My thought is the lack of benefits make it not worthwhile.

Danielm7

I can't speak for the MSP side, but it sounds odd to me. You can always pay benefits yourself if you're paid well enough to balance it out, my biggest concern would be how many hours they can realistically give you. If you're always at 26 hours a week you'll be getting a decrease in pay and no benefits, if you're doing 40 hrs a week you should be getting a pretty nice raise, but again factor in how much the benefits are worth to you.

kohr-ah

It depends your situation for the benefits part. As for the billable hours how many clients do they have and how often can you hit that larger billable target?

How does your gut feel about it?

RouteMyPacket

Why is this a question? lol

Stay put for now and find another opportunity. The new one you have there is garbage

Fidelity

Wow, you're actually entertaining that offer? This would get an immediate "no" from me. This is a terrible trade.

Dieg0M

Don't do it.

techtex

Better question, who is in charge of getting the billable hours ?

Never worked with an MSP that handled things that way, to me sounds like a contracted position with metrics to meet more than anything.

If you are in any way responsible for getting those hours billed out, the better question would be why not just do it on your own in that case and bill what you need to.

lsud00d

Realize that benefits can be worth on average $10k-$20k. So, whenever you consider a job with no benefits, be SURE to use a benefits calculator to assess what your current benefits are worth and what increase in salary it would require to maintain your current level of benefits.

--chris--

If this was flip flopped (lower pay/more benefits at new job) than this would be a debate.

ajs1976

Its' a trap. Don't do it.

If you are still considering it, find out what is billable vs. non-billable. What are the normal engagements? Are you at one client for at least a full day or are you answering calls and traveling from client to client? How much administrative time do others in the position have?

Success101

ajs1976 wrote: »

Its' a trap. Don't do it.

If you are still considering it, find out what is billable vs. non-billable. What are the normal engagements? Are you at one client for at least a full day or are you answering calls and traveling from client to client? How much administrative time do others in the position have?

I've since turned the offer down. I should have known this guy was no good by the way he was talking during the interview. Sounded like a used car salesman. /thread

kohr-ah

Good call Keep moving forward and let us know where you land.

jvrlopez

Don't bother with it. The benefits aren't there and it's less than what you're making now (and that's even if you meet the quotas at the minimum).