I know this topic is not as easy as it sounds, it's never that easy.
First, you have a job that suits you, the bosses likes you very much, your HR head also seems to be in your favour and can be a close buddy to you, your director doesnt mind lending his laps for your 2 year old kid to sit on during a family dinner. Everything seems great and promising, and then suddenly out of the blue, you get another job offer and it's much closer to home, giving bigger salary than what you have. You get confused, big time!.
Let me share with you a few important tips before you start banging your head and make the most stupid decision in your career life :
1. Get some inside information about the new job they offer you. If you have an inside contact, you should make a simple phone call, asking the "future-to-be-colleague" about how the job is like, what the boss is like and how he feels about working there. You know whether this is suitable enough for you, than just blindly join the company without having a second opinion. If you do not have any contact in that section/department you are offered to, then get another contact from other department who you know have been there long enough, and he/she will be able to gauge about the department you are joining. This person's opinion is very crucial to your future work happiness.
2. During the interview, you definitely being interviewed by the person who head your department/section, therefore be observant. If the "future-boss" seems to be very demanding, having ridiculously high expectation and so "gang-ho" about his/her positions in the company, then by all means, stay in your current job. This new boss likes to be on the edge and very competitive, and you might not suit the colour scheme or background of what he/she wants from you in the long run.
3. During the interview, observe the body language too. If the person seems edgy and not in control, eg babbling about some other colleagues and undermine your experience by stating that what they have is far more better than what you are right now, do not accept the job offer. Chances are : you will be out of the job even before you get confirmation, or if not, the boss will do all means and might to kick you out soon enough and get a new replacement.
I have accepted the same type of job offer, thinking that they offer better money, no allowance, but the best of all, its closer to home. I thought i gave it a shot, took the challenge, left my current job and I thinking, that's it! I will retire in this company. After a month joining, I got to know many staff have resigned before me (non-executives, executives, managers) left after 2-3 month, some left after 6 months, and the most alarming fact was that almost all the staff under the new boss are only 2 years old max in the department. My gut feeling says, something is very wrong here. The reasons for people leaving : they cannot work under the boss.
That seems crazy, and after few months, she has been scheming for my exits, planting every evidences and causes for me to leave, there it is, I got the answer. There's nothing wrong with me, it's the company having and nurtuting this kind of pyschotic hostile bosses are intolerable.
God have given me the signs, earlier on, during the interviews, but I refused to look closer.
Anyway, I learned from this and move on now, enjoying my life in Paris with my kids and family.
Just something to share to others.... be careful out there!
First, you have a job that suits you, the bosses likes you very much, your HR head also seems to be in your favour and can be a close buddy to you, your director doesnt mind lending his laps for your 2 year old kid to sit on during a family dinner. Everything seems great and promising, and then suddenly out of the blue, you get another job offer and it's much closer to home, giving bigger salary than what you have. You get confused, big time!.
Let me share with you a few important tips before you start banging your head and make the most stupid decision in your career life :
1. Get some inside information about the new job they offer you. If you have an inside contact, you should make a simple phone call, asking the "future-to-be-colleague" about how the job is like, what the boss is like and how he feels about working there. You know whether this is suitable enough for you, than just blindly join the company without having a second opinion. If you do not have any contact in that section/department you are offered to, then get another contact from other department who you know have been there long enough, and he/she will be able to gauge about the department you are joining. This person's opinion is very crucial to your future work happiness.
2. During the interview, you definitely being interviewed by the person who head your department/section, therefore be observant. If the "future-boss" seems to be very demanding, having ridiculously high expectation and so "gang-ho" about his/her positions in the company, then by all means, stay in your current job. This new boss likes to be on the edge and very competitive, and you might not suit the colour scheme or background of what he/she wants from you in the long run.
3. During the interview, observe the body language too. If the person seems edgy and not in control, eg babbling about some other colleagues and undermine your experience by stating that what they have is far more better than what you are right now, do not accept the job offer. Chances are : you will be out of the job even before you get confirmation, or if not, the boss will do all means and might to kick you out soon enough and get a new replacement.
I have accepted the same type of job offer, thinking that they offer better money, no allowance, but the best of all, its closer to home. I thought i gave it a shot, took the challenge, left my current job and I thinking, that's it! I will retire in this company. After a month joining, I got to know many staff have resigned before me (non-executives, executives, managers) left after 2-3 month, some left after 6 months, and the most alarming fact was that almost all the staff under the new boss are only 2 years old max in the department. My gut feeling says, something is very wrong here. The reasons for people leaving : they cannot work under the boss.
That seems crazy, and after few months, she has been scheming for my exits, planting every evidences and causes for me to leave, there it is, I got the answer. There's nothing wrong with me, it's the company having and nurtuting this kind of pyschotic hostile bosses are intolerable.
God have given me the signs, earlier on, during the interviews, but I refused to look closer.
Anyway, I learned from this and move on now, enjoying my life in Paris with my kids and family.
Just something to share to others.... be careful out there!
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