Hi all! I’m at a bit of a cross road with a work situation and hoping to get some opinions.
My employer recently sold part of its operations to quite a large corporate organisation. Some people have been told they will transfer/tupe across to said organisation and others have been told they’ll stay with the current employer. Because of the nature of what we do my team, bar our manager, were given the option of whether we want to stay or transfer. Manager has to transfer as his role has been removed from the current employers structure.
My boss is genuinely one the best I’ve ever had. I compare the flexibility and support he gives us with friends bosses/work situations and Im always thankful for how I lucked out. He always has our back and is generally a great person to work for. I was all set to transfer with him because I always said I’d happily follow him anywhere. But I’ve been offered a pay rise to stay and now I’m a little torn. It’s quite a generous pay rise and would probably take me about three years to work up to that salary.
Im in quite a privileged position in that I don’t necessarily need the extra money. A large chunk of my salary is already going into savings every month but I’m not naive. With the the way things are things could change at any moment so I wonder if I should jump on the extra cash while I have the chance. Hubby was made redundant a couple of months before we married and had to take a bit of a pay cut but we’re still very comfortable.
I should also add that asking for a raise to transfer isn’t an option as I won’t be replaced in the new organisation if I choose to stay with current employer.
My question is WWYD? Would you choose to go with the only boss who has genuinely cared about your health and well-being and work life balance? AIBU to consider taking the money knowing it could have an impact on my happy work/life balance? Would you take the extra money not knowing who your new line manager will be?