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Old May 21, 2018, 06:27 PM
Anonymous35014
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I'm stuck in a dilemma and I don't know what to do. At first I was excited, but now I want to cry.

Long story short, I make 30% less than the average person for my position. Even this new girl at work, who just graduated from college, is making the same as me, and yet here I am... I have a master's with 3 years experience and making the same amount of money as her. It's really not fair... and my bosses (yeah, I have two) won't have a money conversation with me. "Oh, your pay raise just depends on how you compare to everyone else..." BS.

I was contacted by a recruiter from a well known tech company on Friday and she wants to talk to me in 2 days. I looked up the salaries and they are literally double of what I'm getting now. (That's how underpaid I am.) The problem? I live just outside Boston and this place is in California. That means I'll lose my therapist and pdoc forever if I move out to Cali, and that will probably destabilize me as well. But I am getting ****ed over pay wise and that is making me miserable too. I get sick every time just thinking about how these people take advantage of me pay wise, and how they don't seem to care. And I know the only answer to this pay problem is to change jobs. But my position is so unique that I have not been able to find a similar job around here. All those jobs are in California.

Do you think it's worth the move? I want to think about this in advance, before the official interview begins.
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