To leave a job after 5 months for an £8,000 pay rise?

[Snoopdogg567]

And either 1 or 2 days in the office rather than 3, and potentially more flexible hours.

Going from around 33k to around 41k, if I were to get the job.
I need all the money I can get, have debt to pay, a wedding to pay for, and I need to pay for property maintenance/renovations.

Would you do it? I know I'll get labelled as a job hopper. There is overtime in my role but it can get reduced or taken away at any time which has previously happened to me (Civil Service) so I can't rely on it.

Yes I would. It’s fine unless you job hop everyb6 months. Days of loyalty gone I agree 100%

The reverse is also true if you stay a long time you get taken advantage of, they think you won't leave and promote people around you that they think might if they don't. If you want to keep progressing in your career you often have to keep moving even if you would in many ways prefer to stay.

If I got this job I would be earning more than my line manager but without management responsibility. The training was months long and I've barely started in the role, I know they won't be happy and I'm nervous about it.

More flexibility and more money? No brainer, make the move if you like the new job. It's annoying for the place you've only been at for 5 months but make it really clear that you're moving on for the salary and flexibility. If they want to keep people for longer they need make it more attractive to stay.

Id not leave a civil service pension for that amount

That's fine, but the pension 30 years away will not pay for my cost of living today.

Unless your CV is already crammed with a dozen other jobs where you left very rapidly, you won't be labelled a job-hopper.

There's zero shame in changing roles and progressing

As a civil servant I wanna know what role this is with 1/2 office days and over time. Sign me up

@Snoopdogg567 is moving to local govt though. The pension benefits are very similar in Civil Service and LGPS

Do you even need to ask. Its a no trainer!

If you think job hopping can damage your career then take a look at the wiki entry for Dame Antonia Romeo, just appointed the first ever female Cabinet Secretary. She has had masses of jobs, hasn’t stayed more than a couple of years in any of them and has had time out for pregnancies as well.

Yes all day every day.

if you died tomorrow the job ad would be up in 2 weeks. Your work place does not care about you.

its very easily explained and more money in your pocket

As someone who has just been made redundant after putting everything I had into my job, my advice is look after your own interests and don't be deluded into thinking that companies have any loyalty to you.

Take the new job and don't look back.

Not really, Alpha is seen as 27% LGPS is only around 14% I think? (It’s been a while, unless it’s changed).

That said I’d still do it OP, for the home working mostly!

I left my last role after 5 months. I left because of micromanagement, but the fewer hours, no no-call, far shorter commute and 38% payrise certainly made the decision easier. I've now been in my current role for 15 months, and previous jobs for years, so unless you're leaving lots of jobs quickly, it won't look problematic.

Times have changed in my opinion. Loyalty on CVs means little these days. As long as you haven't changed jobs every 5 months for the last few years I'd say go for it. Several thousand more, plus better benefits - it's a no-brainer.

Definitely move if you get the job. Forget about looking like a job hopper. If you were a contractor you would potentially move every 6 months to a year. A lot of companies look past that and you say you want career progression and that's your reason for moving.

Why shouldn’t you hop? If they want to keep you, they match the pay and the terms!

Tell me you’ve never worked in the public sector without telling me…

Go for it and stick at the new one a bit longer.

The grass isn’t always greener but 100% I would go. How long would it take to get to that increase in your current role? If you think of a general annual raise of 4%, it would take a while. Also, just make sure you look at the full package, pension, time off, extra commuting expenses, and most important of all, whether it’s a role you’d like, in a good work environment, and it aligns with your goals.

I’d go for it, it’s a big jump from where you are. As for pension, you could put an extra £50-100
a month into a pension without noticing given the big rise. That would likely grow over many years, too. If it were a smaller rise, yes, people might think you were trying it on to getmore money. I had someone give notice after a fortnight because they got a much better paid role which we couldn’t match. He was mortified, but I didn’t bear any ill will or think badly of him. I did put my head in my hands at the thought of having to replace him though …

The LGPS (which I presume is the one OP would go into as the job is with a local authority) is one of the better public sector defined benefit pension schemes so I wouldn’t be too worried on that score.

Its fine just leave and take the new job ...no contest

I was going to write virtually the same thing. It's not just an 8 grand jump, it could be 24 over three years, 40 over 5. In your position I'd do it but make sure I was there for a while, unless you get a huge rise elsewhere...