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

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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.

The CS one is miles better than LGPS, I have both.

Can’t say I am fully up to date on how they compare, but both are miles better than the standard statutory minimum DC schemes offered by most private sector employers. I don’t think the difference between these two schemes would be enough to keep me in a significantly worse paid job with significantly less flexibility. Though the concerns expressed by others about job security at local authorities would give me pause.

Go for it.

you signed your current contract in ink, not blood

Just looked it up and the difference isn’t as big as I thought, I always thought my LGPS one was only 14% equivalent contributions but apparently it can be closer to 20% (CS is 27%).

Why wouldn’t you?

You have a good explanation for anyone who asks - significantly better pay, presumably reflecting a more challenging role, so interest in progression.

With jobs, always think; if you were in the new job, would you look at your current job and think ‘yes I’d love to move to that’? If not, move to the new one!

Yes I would without a doubt.

I’d say go for it. I’m in my 20s and pretty much every job I had after university came with jumps in salary:

2021 Graduated, earning £28k
2023 Got promoted, £45k
2025 Left for a £70k role
Now - working on securing a £100k role elsewhere (successful interviews so far).

I started off in the civil service then transitioned into private sector.

for sure I would go if money is a priority. One short stint on the CV is no big deal imo. Loyalty to an employer is wasted - remember they would get rid of you if it suited them.

Don't think my current contract was even ink, just pixels...

Hi, did you do it?

Local gvt pensions don’t work like that. You don’t have a pot, you have a 1/49 scheme. For each year you work you get 1/49 of your salary as a pension. If you are on £49k your pension is £1000 a year. After 10 years it’s £10k and after 20 years your pension would be £20k Pa and it builds up like that. There’s no pot

@Barnsleybonuz the OP already said she doubts the pension will be enough - I meant she could start another. Not limited to one and also usually no issue to have both defined benefit and defined contribution pensions in place. Anyway this is over a month ago so I’m sure it’s all done and dusted by now.

did you even read the o/p?

moving for a jump in salary was not the question.