Difficult choices re old v new job

bmjv

Hi,

I have worked for my old fashioned finance firm for 7 years. When I say old fashioned they use old programmes, print everything off, send letter rather than emails etc.

I recently got a new job offer for a more modern firm with more potential prospect and they are a bigger group of firms.

However, my dilemma is should I stay in my comfortable job, where I seem to have respect of people and generally have a nice team, or do I risk it all for a new job, where I need to build up that rapport etc again with clients and colleagues.

My old job is further away (about an hour each way) whereas the new job is about half that saving me about an hour a day.

However when I handed in my.notice, my current employer has said I can work 2 days from home to save travelling. Also he is giving me a substantial pay rise.

I am currently on £X, new company is giving me £X+1k. My counter offer from my current employer is £X+6k.

Therefore I'm in a strange situation where my more comfortable job will pay me substantially more, I get the perk of working from home 2 days, and I have less stress.

However do I risk all that for a potential better job, but could be worse, more stressful, less work/life balance?

I actually quite like my current job, it's just become a bit stagnant. However I have now been promised more different work etc. Working from home would make a great work/life balance for me and my young family. I am 32 so I am relatively still young (ish).

Really it is comfy current job with higher pay, but I might fall behind the times in it's old fashioned ways vs new job that I could hate, but also might love, so is a risk.

Just wondered if anyone else has been in this situation, or similar?
I know people say don't accept a counter offer from a current employer, but it's hard not to think about it.

Comms69

Keep the job! Crikey 6k and 2 days at home; clearly you!!!8217;ve got a future there

TELLIT01

Is there any way you can try to persuade the current company to update their methods. If they've offered you a 6k payrise to keep you they must value you. Hopefully they would also value your thoughts on ways to improve the way they operate.

[Deleted User]

Why has the new job become available? Are both telling you the truth and the written detail backs up.

One thing you cannot do in a modern company is turn them old fashioned but in an old fashioned company you can have a go at turning them more modern. With protection of 7 years compared to 0 months in reality for the next 2 years (if there is a disagreement to be had you'd always be the new person with no power) there wouldn't be much of a debate going on if offered more money to stay in an environment you know.

Who is more sound financially? I know of someone who started a job to learn the super person that pretty well champion'd them getting job was leaving anyway and then got to answer the phone to debt collectors so the worry of being new didn't last long, more am 'I likely to be paid'! (you bet they wish they had done their homework it would have saved a lot of bother) they have terrible luck - don't let it be you.

ViolaLass

Would that any employer of mine had ever reacted that way...

xapprenticex

Hey old is good, well it sounds good to me

xapprenticex

TELLIT01 wrote: »

Is there any way you can try to persuade the current company to update their methods. If they've offered you a 6k payrise to keep you they must value you. Hopefully they would also value your thoughts on ways to improve the way they operate.

For an extra 7k in total, id survive without email from 9 till 5 3 days a week.

Brynsam

bmjv wrote: »

Just wondered if anyone else has been in this situation, or similar?
I know people say don't accept a counter offer from a current employer, but it's hard not to think about it.

Whether anyone here has been there or not isn't relevant - it's what matters to YOU that counts. Perhaps better to ask people who know you personally, although I think if you read your own post you might have answered your own question.

As for not accepting counter offers...why not?

Savvy_Sue

Brynsam wrote: »

As for not accepting counter offers...why not?

I think there are two main reasons, one is that sometimes the current employer says they will do X, Y and Z but then they don't, but the other is that if you've got as far as finding a new job, emotionally you're out of the door and you'll end up not staying that long.

however, 6K plus 2 days pw WFH would be hard to resist ...

And I would definitely see it as a chance to develop the current job further, eg by making a business case for using email etc. I mean, it may be that the old-fashioned company has old-fashioned clients, many of whom either don't have or won't use email, and you don't want to lose them. BUT increasingly the Silver Surfers are taking over, so offering a choice may make the case more compelling.

TELLIT01

The place I worked, admittedly in the mid 90s resisted the introduction of e-mail. Once it was in the managers were quickly singing its praises because they no longer came back to a desk covered in post it notes. They could go through correspondence at their convenience but also know it hadn't been chucked out. The only one who refused to use it was the MD who was close to retirement age. He simply deleted all his e-mails each morning without looking at them. His view was that if it was important the sender would call him to find out why he hadn't responded.

Takeaway_Addict

TELLIT01 wrote: »

The place I worked, admittedly in the mid 90s resisted the introduction of e-mail. Once it was in the managers were quickly singing its praises because they no longer came back to a desk covered in post it notes. They could go through correspondence at their convenience but also know it hadn't been chucked out. The only one who refused to use it was the MD who was close to retirement age. He simply deleted all his e-mails each morning without looking at them. His view was that if it was important the sender would call him to find out why he hadn't responded.

And in some ways this is a good way to behave!