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So I have been working for AT&T for 10 years. I was talking with a friend today (a guy I know from work encounters, not a friend I hang out with) and he started talking about potentially needing someone in the future. Here are the pros and cons:
Pros
Pay would be about 30% more than I make now
I would have my own office
They don't break their backs working
It is in an IS department (for one of the biggest healthcare/hospital systems in my area) which is what I originally wanted to do
Job security may be a touch better than AT&T just because my current job relies on our onsite customer renewing the contract after every expiration. If they don't renew, I would have to relocate (if I am lucky) or lose my job to a surplus.
Cons
Insurance is not as good
403b with no match currently(future job);401k with match where I currently work
Would be starting over with seniority but it's the type of place where you are judged on productivity and not seniority. It's obviously not union like the company I work for now.
I guess my biggest concern would be the retirement and then insurance. I am pretty certain that if I could make it until retirement with AT&T, that I would end up with more money to live on as opposed to relying on the 403b and my saving ability to have a good retirement.
What would be the best way to compare these? I thought about putting my current info in a spreadsheet and assign a dollar figure to each benefit and produce a total dollar amount to go by. I have never been in this position, so I am afraid of making the wrong choice!!
Pros
Pay would be about 30% more than I make now
I would have my own office
They don't break their backs working
It is in an IS department (for one of the biggest healthcare/hospital systems in my area) which is what I originally wanted to do
Job security may be a touch better than AT&T just because my current job relies on our onsite customer renewing the contract after every expiration. If they don't renew, I would have to relocate (if I am lucky) or lose my job to a surplus.
Cons
Insurance is not as good
403b with no match currently(future job);401k with match where I currently work
Would be starting over with seniority but it's the type of place where you are judged on productivity and not seniority. It's obviously not union like the company I work for now.
I guess my biggest concern would be the retirement and then insurance. I am pretty certain that if I could make it until retirement with AT&T, that I would end up with more money to live on as opposed to relying on the 403b and my saving ability to have a good retirement.
What would be the best way to compare these? I thought about putting my current info in a spreadsheet and assign a dollar figure to each benefit and produce a total dollar amount to go by. I have never been in this position, so I am afraid of making the wrong choice!!
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