DH applied for a new job after working in his current role for 12 months. He was approached by the new company and has been successful at interview. He currently earns £24.5k in a graduate position after doing a masters.
The new employer asked him for his salary requirements, he asked for £30k and has been offered this. Working hours slightly longer (by 2 hours per week) but working pattern much the same with hybrid office/home working and shorter Fridays.
His current employer has now countered to £31k in a bid to keep him! He doesn't know what to do, we've never worked in industries that can do this before.
If it helps, I'm pregnant and neither company offers full paternity pay, just statutory. He will not qualify for statutory paternity pay in the new job as he won't have been there long enough so we'll be 2 weeks salary down.
The new role promises regular pay reviews and good progression routes but don't all companies say this at interview stage? He does feel a little stagnant in his current role but they are now offering more money (and he'll get his statutory paternity pay).
I say better the devil you know. He tends to romanticise new jobs and the promises that come with them. What do we doooo? We are making the decision together but really they're both so similar we're stuck!