I'm worth $110K but took $75K. Good or Bad
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So I had recently lost my job from a very small startup I had been working with as a Senior SOC Analyst making about $105K. Faced with the possibility of my source of $$ running on empty I took an offer with a small company for $75K for fulltime work with plans to hold on to that job while I keep looking for a better fit salary-wise. I made the decision as I had only one more month of money for rent/bills left. So do y'all think it was a good decision, or should I have waited a bit more to see how the other interviews I had on the pipeline would go? I guess I'm considering this my incident response Lessons Learned phase, lol.
...but seriously, I could appreciate your feedback - good or bad.
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It’s easier to find a job when you have a job and you’re also in a stronger negotiating position because you have the option of walking away if you don’t like an offer.
Good look for something in the 120 range or something like that. You don't have to stay there for a long time if you get another opportunity.
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nahh, a recruiting agency had connected me with the job with the max pay set at $75K. They said the condition of getting submitted is that I should under no circumstances re-negotiate the salary. What's a person to do? Beggers can't be choosers.
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I'm doing the same thing right now..... I'll save you the details but I found myself without a job after a contract went sideways within the last 2 years. (Halfway through the contract). Caught me by surprise, to say the least.
I had quite a bit of saving and my wife works but we were still running lean. So I ended up taking a position ~30% less pay than previous 4 positions.
A couple of things I have noticed that may be good news for your situation so I thought I would share.
- The job is more relaxing than my previous jobs. While I am not aware of a correlation between job pay and difficulty in this situation it seems to be the case
- The job is fairly 9 - 5. I don't find myself working weekends
- During the middle of the month (unless there is a high priority issue) I usually have quite a bit of time to learn new tools, languages etc. As lame as this may seem I have been going through a free VBA MS Access course on YouTube. It's been a lot of fun and have built several databases for my teams to use. All the features emails, search features etc... (Even started on Python, it's been good)
- There are internal opportunities and TBH my manager knows I am better suited for database development, EDW, Data Warehousing, ETL, Data Architecture etc..... And from our talks it seems I will be heading that way eventually. 2, 3, 4 years? Not sure..
- I just hit my 1 year mark today and it feels good to get some job history going again as pathetic as that may sound. Prior too, I had 2 6 month contracts. Even with justification it was hard to get a job with my history looking like that. As I accrue more time it'll put me in a much better position again.
HTH and GLI would only stay 1-1.5 years max while I improve my skillset and while the economy improves. However if a higher paying job comes around 8-12 months into that 75k job I would leave without any hesitation.
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@chrisone @LordQarlyn @SteveLavoie .... yeah guys, a bird in hand is much better than two in the bush as they say. I went ahead and completed the job acceptance for the 75K position. At least it's a good name-brand company, but yeah, I'll get really aggressive with finishing GCIH, Python, and other key components of the Incident Response warchest using this time, and hopefully while doing that a more fitting position pops up.
heh, but wait a second. I agree with the majority opinion which is to accept the $75K job. So what do I now tell the other managers offering $120K+ who ask "So do you have something or are you close to a final offer on your other interviews?"
So do I just b.s. them that they're the one company I want and not mention I already accepted, or do I say "well, I accepted this one offer but trying to see if I can get a higher one?" Better yet, I guess the question should be what I say to those managers or HR folks?