What would you do?

[TheGoddessBlossom]

Please can you help me with pros and cons:

Background:

Currently employed, very well paid, small privately owned company, chaos, carnage, punching well above our weight, I am winning contracts, have no confidence we can deliver

Have been offered a job today, they approached me, big, corporate, structured company, lots of benefits, child friendly. Endured 2 rounds of hideous interview (role play, presentations, MD interview, HR interrogation, nightmare, but came through!) Good CV move, lots of development opportunity, support, loads of resources, opportunity to grow etc.

Sticking point for me right now - would probably involve a 3k basic salary cut.

More car allowance - bigger OTE - better benefits (healthcare for whole family etc) - flexible, child friendly, have laid it all on the line in terms of my children being my priority, where I can be at certain times of day, where I can't. But what would that look like on CV, that my next move was for less basic? The commission would in theory be more...

Stuck. Got a meeting to discuss their offer on Monday. What would you do?

Thanks all.

Blossom

I'd go for it, provided you can manage on the basic and use the commission for the extras. With regards to your CV I never mention salary until I get to the negotiating stage and then concentrate on overall amount.

I'd go for it, try to negotiate a better salary, and see what happens.

I think the key phrase here is "they approached me", so they obviously want you. In the meeting on Monday I would tell them about the £3k difference in salary and ask them if they could match it. They might not, but maybe at least they'd increase what they are offering

Thanks guys. Gut feel is to go for it. Can deffo manage on the money, it was more principle tbh. Most men I know would not dream of moving jobs for less basic....don't want to sell myself cheap but don't want to lose the opportunity either.

Think I will insist they match it and see what happens...

Thanks again, really helpful.

Xx

I don't think anyone will find out you moved for less basic. If you ever have an interview where you think they'll ask just lie and say the old job was £4k less :)