What 3 things are keeping you in your current job?

Flexible working
Just got a promotion so feeling valued
Good benefits

Every now and then I think about leaving, but I do have it good really. Top 3 things:

• Fully remote role - here for autistic teen when he gets home from school and can walk the dog on lunch.
• Worked here long enough to know what I'm doing (pretty much) so very little day to day stress.
• My Manager - she's great and always makes the job easier.

Really supportive managers

Great colleagues

Flexibility to fit the hours in around other things (part time) as long as I get the work done

definitely not the pay

1. the money/my pension plan
2. easy commute
3. better the devil you know than the devil you don’t

Private health insurance
flexi work
a lovely lovely lovely ceo, who has bent over backwards for me last year when I was dealing with cancer

WFH
it's easy
Fits around child care

Pension
Hybrid working
Good holiday entitlement
Colleagues
Lovely boss

Still want to win the lottery.

No stress
Pay
Leave entitlement
Pension

For me its
Pension (27.5% total contribution p.m)
Annual leave Entitlement (42 days p.a)
Great training opportunities - if I wanted to do a degree, for instance, they'd pay for it.

Despite it not being the most exciting job, the commute being a pain, in-office majority of the week and the workload being stressful at times, I'll be staying put long term, as I know those benefits are nigh impossible to get elsewhere.

I’m completely unqualified for it but they gave me the job anyway and are paying towards a qualification (degree). Won’t realistically be able to move until qualified.

Can wfh much of the time.

Nice manager who is v understanding of the realities of having young kids and happy for me to learn on the job/doesn’t mind that I’ve no idea what I’m doing most of the time.

Pension/regular pay. I had the opportunity to go back to my previous self-employed career at the same time as starting this job, which would’ve meant shorter hours and largely term time only, but no pension, no sick pay, unpredictable hours etc.

Eugh feeling the same OP. Lots of re-orgs and restructuring at my work and whilst I've somehow miraculously survived for 10+yrs there without being culled in one of the many redundancies or layoffs (tech industry, so this is just commonplace) I now suddenly just feel tired and resentful of it all. Tired and burnt out from role changes and being shuffled about. BUT.... its not that easy to quit when you have a family and are the main earner by a significant distance, so the things I'm focusing on and keeping me staying currently are:

1. Pay - It pays v well and I think I'd be job hunting a LONG time to find similar level of pay (basic, bonus, stock options)
2. Flexibility - hybrid work, no one checks if I need to pop to collect kids from school, can do school drop offs and start a bit later, don't need 'permission' to attend appointments or even do a quick gym class if my diary and workload permits
3. Colleagues - I really do like the close colleagues I have and I'd genuinely miss a lot of them. I started at this place when I was quite fresh out of uni and now I'm older, married, kids, house etc. so feel I've grown up with them!

Flexibility - the ability to manage when and where I work for the most of the time
Lots of holiday
Sometimes it's quite interesting
And also where I live there aren't many other options with my skills so I feel I am well paid in a secure job with loads of flexibility and anything else would be a pay cut for more rigid hours

Money
Can wfh and be flexible with my hours
I really like the creative parts of the job but don't get enough of them and am looking for another job that will be more of the good bits.

Mainly the money though.
If I won the lottery I'd hand in my notice the next day.

Reasonable salary
The fact I can work from home
Decent amount of leave

It’s term time only and I work 3 days a week (job share)
I have my own office
No direct supervision so I can plan and manage my own workload.

Good thread OP, it’s definitely worth thinking about the positives of our jobs!

Flexibility, enjoy role, reasonable ratio of effort to money.

My work is usually (not always) interesting and i lean new things all the time

I like my colleagues.

My boss allows me to have loads of flexibility.

I’m a healthcare professional and for me it’s my colleagues, the patients (I work in dementia care) and the fulfilment I get from my work. Money isn’t everything.

Intrigued to know what you do Lardy 😯

• good boss
• Flexibility and job share
• applying for new jobs is a massive amount of additional work

I don't love the job, but don't dislike it enough to go through the effort of looking for something else. Having a good boss, a good team and flexibility (plus a part time role at my level) are also incredibly valuable! I have young children so I guess this things are even more important in my situation

Pay
Location - a 20 minute round trip
Zero stress - I clock on, do my hours, clock off and forget about work.

1. Lemon Drizzle Cake. (someone's always baking)
2. 3 minutes from kids school
3. Hours, I don't need childcare anymore

😏 I do sometimes worry that MN is the top option for webpages on my work laptop 😂

• It's incredibly flexible, I actually feel like I can parent around my role without DS being an inconvenience every time he's sick/has parents evening/pops into my head at work

• It's really challenging and engaging in all the right ways. I'm currently building several functions and have the right balance of being left on my own to get on with it/support from peers.

• It pays well, and the benefits are incredible.

Honestly I think I'm here for the long haul now - I've worked in many different places and all like to say they're flexible/supportive/have a good culture, but this is the first place I've found that actually is and I'm hooked 😂

My manager/team is amazing.
The job is quite secure.
Flexibility.
Generous annual leave.
Good pension.