I have had an offer from an extremely reputable and exciting company to work for, it's on a project where the business domain is something cutting edge and the role is something I'd really like to do, however the rate is extremely low and certainly very much below my market rate, which is currently around 500-550 p/d. The commute is also mere 25-30 mins which is also great.
I am *expecting* an offer from two other places, at my market rate, but the companies although well respected, offer projects that I can see myself getting bored with quite quickly, or are not that exciting to begin with, plus the locations are further out.
What is bothering me is the offer rate though, which is around the 350 mark, I can surely live on it and it will in reality be more than enough, but I haven't worked at that rate for a good few years, which kind of makes me feel like I'm taking one step back.
I realize this is slightly hypothetical in that I don't yet have the other offers sitting on the table, and normally I do not consider anything below a certain number, but I am expecting these offers to come in; even if they don't, would you take a role purely based on rate or would you sacrifice your rate based on project 'coolness' and subject matter interest, too?
Has anyone else been in this trade-off position and how did you find making a decision?
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I am *expecting* an offer from two other places, at my market rate, but the companies although well respected, offer projects that I can see myself getting bored with quite quickly, or are not that exciting to begin with, plus the locations are further out.
What is bothering me is the offer rate though, which is around the 350 mark, I can surely live on it and it will in reality be more than enough, but I haven't worked at that rate for a good few years, which kind of makes me feel like I'm taking one step back.
I realize this is slightly hypothetical in that I don't yet have the other offers sitting on the table, and normally I do not consider anything below a certain number, but I am expecting these offers to come in; even if they don't, would you take a role purely based on rate or would you sacrifice your rate based on project 'coolness' and subject matter interest, too?
Has anyone else been in this trade-off position and how did you find making a decision?
P
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