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What 3 things are keeping you in your current job?

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YourBoldDog · 16/01/2025 09:10

I’ve been thinking about my current job lately - it’s stressful, with tight deadlines and a lot of pressure, and I’ve seriously considered quitting. But despite the challenges, there are a few perks that are keeping me here longer than any of my previous roles:

  1. Stock options
  2. Free lunch and bottomless snacks/drinks
  3. Travel opportunities

What’s keeping you in your current job, even if it’s not ideal? Are there perks or reasons that make you stay or do you just love what you do?

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Snoopdoggydog123 · 16/01/2025 14:11

Primary teacher

It's doable
The pay is fine for me
The holidays.

Hillarious · 16/01/2025 14:10

Free lunch
Final salary pension
Great social events

New line manager is terrible, and she has now given me that one reason to go.

Leopardprintisaneutral · 16/01/2025 14:08

Great holidays/public sector pension
A genuine sense of satisfaction in helping the community and bringing people together
The best colleagues ever - there's something hilarious every day

youspinmerightround22 · 16/01/2025 14:07

I have been toying with finding a new job. I could earn more else where but my reasons for staying are 1) My manager, the most understanding manager I have ever had I can attend hospital apts, school things and wfh on my non allocated days if my kids are sick l. He is very understanding as long as you don't take the piss. 2) The flexibility l- I can wfh minimum twice a week and start later/finish early if needed again as ok don't take the piss 3) My colleagues. I love them like family and they are some of my closest friends.

dontcrowdthemushrooms · 16/01/2025 14:00

A great boss, high salary for the industry, and the third one would be a toss up between interesting work, hybrid working, and a dog-friendly office!

susiedaisy1912 · 16/01/2025 13:59

Free parking
Canteen on site
Holiday entitlement

Glovesandscarf · 16/01/2025 13:59

Backinthedress · 16/01/2025 09:17

Good pay
Hardly any actual work
No other offers, I am actually looking.

What do you do?!?

coxesorangepippin · 16/01/2025 13:58

WFH
Pension
Salary

bifurCAT · 16/01/2025 13:57

There's a really sexy person in my office...

I work from home.

Icanflyhigh · 16/01/2025 13:57

Great pay
Completely flexible - I am my own boss and WFH
No two days are the same

Menopants · 16/01/2025 13:56

Pension
flexi time
work life balance

MooseAndSquirrelLoveFlannel · 16/01/2025 13:54

Flexible/understanding manager
Easy workload
Good money

I work in an interesting field, one that people don't aim to join and just kind of fall into by accident and then never leave.

KarmaKoma · 16/01/2025 13:52

I love my job. Best salary I've ever earned, far less stress, managed myself.

Good salary
Good pension
Easy commute
Basically design and manage my own role
Very low stress
My knowledge is respected

MifsBr0wn · 16/01/2025 13:51

Training and experience
Professional status
Seniority
job satisfaction

Ponderingwindow · 16/01/2025 13:49

WFH
flexible hours
makes a positive contribution to society

whatkatydid2014 · 16/01/2025 13:47

Immediate manager/team
Flexibility
Pension

SpringleDingle · 16/01/2025 13:46

I really like my boss and my team
Flexibility and ability to manage my own timetable
They pay me well (I might get a little more elsewhere but I don't feel badly paid here)

Itsjustnotthevibe · 16/01/2025 13:44
  1. My colleagues
  2. Flexibility
  3. Pension
Whiskeywithwater · 16/01/2025 13:42
  1. Pay
  2. not overly stressful and flexible with wfh
  3. have been here 7 years and am 53 - if they make me redundant they will have to pay me out! At my age moving would be a high risk that if I was to be made redundant it would be harder to find new job and wouldn’t have that accumulated years of service to get that much of a payout. I work in an industry where frequent rounds of redundancies are the norm
isthesolution · 16/01/2025 13:32

Security (don't see any redundancy risk, it's permanent)
Ease (travel wise, I know the job so it's easy, would feel stressed having to retrain)
Money (top of pay grade so might struggle to find somewhere to match it)

Backinthedress · 16/01/2025 13:27

WhatALightbulbMoment · 16/01/2025 13:17

Good pay for not much work? What do you do?

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I've always worked my arse off in other roles. No idea what's going on here but there's no progression and development and no challenge.

WhatALightbulbMoment · 16/01/2025 13:17

Backinthedress · 16/01/2025 09:17

Good pay
Hardly any actual work
No other offers, I am actually looking.

Good pay for not much work? What do you do?

Scirocco · 16/01/2025 13:15

Mine would be...

It works well for childcare. DH and I are able to coordinate work patterns to an extent which is useful as we only have ourselves and nursery.

I like the people I work with and the work itself.

The pay is ok and comes with added benefits in terms of pension contributions, leave, etc. I could earn more elsewhere but the sacrifice of pension contributions and flexibility wouldn't be worth it at the moment.

TotallyAddictedToCoffee · 16/01/2025 13:15

Lease scheme car (tied in for 3 years, but it's a really good deal)
Salary (just reached the top of my band, and it's definitely not to be sniffed at)
WFH 2 days a week (most weeks, but I do have to be flexible to cover leave/sickness)

Been here over 10 years, and management is woefully lacking so its actually getting me down at the moment - I'm sick of walking on eggshells because my manager is a dinosaur who takes EVERYTHING as a personal attack - she's the epitome of a Queen Bee Narcissist

TangerineClementine · 16/01/2025 13:08

Above average annual leave, so I can take off most of the summer holidays to spend with my kids.
Lots of autonomy, I manage my own workload without anyone breathing down my neck.
I also enjoy the job itself!