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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?

OP posts:
randomchap · 16/01/2025 09:38

Money, stability, pension

48wheaties · 16/01/2025 09:38

Fully home working
Part time
Good pay

What's not to like?

TeenLifeMum · 16/01/2025 09:38

Pay
leave entitlement (32 days plus bank holidays)
convenience (hybrid)

I used to love my job, now it’s just okay, bit dull.

TokyoSushi · 16/01/2025 09:38
  1. Full WFH so very flexible
  2. Is vastly overpaid for what I do
  3. Very 'hands off' management
Missionimprobable · 16/01/2025 09:37

Pay
Pension
75% off rail travel

Basketballhoop · 16/01/2025 09:37
  1. Fully home based flexibility for over a decade now.
  2. The salary, stock and pension.
  3. I plan to retire in <5 years by my mid 50s, so no point moving.
Mummer123 · 16/01/2025 09:36

Very very stressful job but fantastic pay, fantastic progress and work from home

anicecuppateaa · 16/01/2025 09:34

Flexibility. No micro management. Literally nothing else, would love to leave, I’m so bored!

redskyatnight · 16/01/2025 09:34

Sadly, because as a woman of a certain age in a male dominated industry, my chances of getting a job anywhere else at this point are slim to none.

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 16/01/2025 09:34

Working from home most of the time
Part time
Pay

I am looking for something else because I actually hate my job right now, but there's nothing that comes close.

realkfjs · 16/01/2025 09:33
  1. the generous pay and pension
  2. the flexibility (own my diary, come and go as I please so long as I ultimately work my hours and do the job)
  3. I WFH most of the time.

Only after those top 3 things would I start rattling off the bits I enjoy about the job itself, I've worked in more interesting jobs but the perks in this one are pretty unbeatable for me right now.

TheDandyLion · 16/01/2025 09:28

I'm actually intrested in the projects I'm involved with
Wfh with paid expenses when travelling to the office
Part time hours
Fabulous Line manager

All of that makes up for the poor pay.

localhere · 16/01/2025 09:26

The pay isn't great but it's a nice family company
Ethical, wholesome products that our customers are enthusiastic about
Easy workload that allows me to express my creative streak
Flexible with hours, childcare, appointments etc.
I'm soon to give all that up to work for myself, looks mad when I write it all down!

vincettenoir · 16/01/2025 09:25

Leadership, flexibility, it suits my skills.

Porcuporpoise · 16/01/2025 09:25

The job itself and the peopleI work with
The pay (not amazing but would still be hard to find a similar job paying more)
The flexibility (offered in lieu of really good pay)

GenerousGardener · 16/01/2025 09:25
  1. pay
  2. Im over 60 and won’t be employed anywhere else.
  3. staff discount.
Peccary · 16/01/2025 09:24

Flexibility and being left to manage my own time and workload which is a godsend when husband is away working.

I am looking to leave though, would take small a pay cut for more annual leave and a better pension

peachescariad · 16/01/2025 09:23

My own room.....(so I can surf MN!)

School holidays (work term time only)

Pension pot

Pigsinblankets13 · 16/01/2025 09:23

CathyCole · 16/01/2025 09:14

Pay
Leave entitlement
Pension

That's about all I think!

Nailed it!

Enterthewolves · 16/01/2025 09:23
  1. Pay/pension
  2. Job is aligned with my personal values
  3. I left my last job after four months so need to be in this one for at least two years so my CV balances
Ultravox · 16/01/2025 09:22

Money
Colleagues
Flexibility

I don’t like the actual job but the above keeps me from quitting.

MrsSethGecko · 16/01/2025 09:22

It fits around the child's school hours

I don't have to work weekends or school holidays

I like it.

Ilikewinter · 16/01/2025 09:22

Biggest reason - I've been granted a WFH contract which has enabled me to make a long desired move near the coast and to be closer to my family.

Then it would be colleagues, pension and I actually like my job !

AlwaysFreezing · 16/01/2025 09:21

Nothing. Today is my last day.

What had kept me here for as long as I have stayed was

Some degree of flexibility
Sense of loyalty (ridiculous and I will never do that again)
I'm good at it.

Reasons I'm leaving

The commute is shit.
I didn't want the promotions that came up
I'm underpaid, under used and bored.

Roll on next week!

redgingerbread · 16/01/2025 09:21

Inertia/lack of confidence to try something new (I’ve been here for nearly 15 years and am institutionalised!)

Some of the work is really interesting and satisfying

The people are mostly great