Acquired! Day 84
They offered me a promotion. In my last post, I was mentally preparing for a battle. I wanted to make my move for a salary increase but was worried about the timing. Now the offer is staring me in the face, but there’s a twist. They are offering me a big title, but so far they have been unwilling to talk about compensation. They are promising me something, but they’ve been doing that for months. I told them that I would take the title, but would have to reconsider if there wasn’t a written offer in 30 days.
My backup opportunity is still available, but I think it will expire by month end. I would like to push my current employer harder to make this happen, but it seems there are things beyond my control. My boss can’t create our new team structure until he knows how the team above us will be structured (we need to match). They have agreed that the structure will exist and I will be at the top of our piece, but the details are bogging them down. This seems like a legitimate excuse, but I remain wary. My plan is to keep friendly with my backup opportunity. If they start to push me, I’ll start to push my current employer. So far, my boss still doesn’t know about my other offer. The only way he’ll find out is if he keeps dragging his feet.
This is part of the Acquired! series.
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January 3rd, 2008 at 12:17 am
Sounds like it could workout. Are you comparing the number of direct reports for this offer vs the other or just salaries? What are your cheif job value metrics?
January 4th, 2008 at 9:12 am
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January 4th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
I know what’s important to me, but I don’t quite have them prioritized. The one thing I do know is that I want the shortest path to a “C” level position. Right now, the two opportunities are basically tied in that regard. They are also tied (at least so far) on salary. This may change when I get my actual offer. Number of direct reports is somewhat important, but I guess the concept of “total business influence” is higher. In other words, at my current job I can leverage my experience to actually get important stuff done. At the new company, I’d be pretty much at the bottom. An, oh this is a big one, my current job lets me work from home every day. This is a key part of the 4-hour work week strategy. The other company would make me go to an office. Boo!
January 16th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
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