Which job to take?

[Moonflower12]

My DD (23) works in the private sector at present. She has been offered a job in the civil service as an Admin Officer at a salary of £20,600. We can't find out the increments, should she be promoted. ( looked on Google etc). After giving in her notice yesterday her current employer has said in order to keep her they will offer her a promotion and a pay increase to £25,000 pa.

How long approximately would it take her to reach this salary in the CS? Is it one promotion/ band or a few?

Also she signed the contract tyesterday - what could they do if she doesn'ttake the CS job?

Could she be'blacklisted' from taking any further jobs with the CS?

Thank you for any information.

She should base her decision on the job/longer term factors. Working in the civil service vs working in the private sector are very very different things. I assume she wanted to leave her current job for a reason?

@flowery
Yes she was leaving to get a small pay rise and is absolutely astounded to be offered a £5k increase! ( albeit with a promotion)

Leaving for a ‘small pay rise’ is unusual- there are usually other factors.

What sector does she want to work in longer term? As I said, they are very different. And which job most appeals to her?

I think it would be reasonable for her to ask about progression in her new role. She could ask where it sits within the band she'd be in, which would tell her how much scope there is for pay increases without promotion, and also ask about promotion prospects.

Re accepting a pay increase to stay with her current employer, you can probably get away with this once per employer. However, if her long term aspiration is civil service, then don't.

She also didn't get ion particularly well with a colleague who didn't do her job well.
She won't have to interact with this colleague if she accepts the promotion. They won't even be in the same building.

There is more to it than the salary, has she factored in things like pension, holiday allowance and potentially flexi-time. From my experience they're usually better in public sector (unless her current job is for a large corporate).

That said working in public and private sector are two completely different experiences. So it depends on what she's after from her day to day. There's no point taking a job she'll be unhappy in for a smallish financial gain.

The Ministry of Defence doesn’t do increments, not sure about other Departments. Pay rises with inflation every year are around 1%. Unless she gets promoted and goes up to the next payband.

The civil service pension is likely to be unbeatable... Also, think of the development opportunities!

I’d be a bit pissed off that a company only decided they valued me once I’d said I was going

@Maskin
She did actually say that- how come it was as she was going....