What should I do with this job offer?

[onodera]

Originally posted by Riesstiu IV
Take the job, use your powers to blackmail members of the company, become an influential oligarch, and eventually you will become happy onodera, President of Russia.

I'd rather marry into the ruling family. Happy Putin's daughters are about my age. The problem is, they're locked in the furthest room of the deepest bunker or something like that.

[DanS]

I don't think that a jump to another department needs to ruin your relationship with the folks you are with currently. Just be above-board about it, because:

(1) You could come back to IT one day and work with these people; or

(2) Some of them could also make a jump from IT and one day work with you again.

Good luck!

[SlowwHand]

Explain to IT that you're broadening your experience, which you will be, and would like to know that the door might be open for a return, due to what you said, you like them all so well.

[MarkG]

Originally posted by onodera
My immediate manager is sure they should try to match the offer as I'm worth the new salary in her eyes, but the whole process of giving raises is in the hands of our HR dept.

then let them try to match the offer. if it's not passed by HR you can accept the offer without any feeling of "betrayal"...

[asleepathewheel]

you're very young. even if you hate it, you can put up with it for a while and jump ship to another company for even more money.

-says a guy who made it just 6 weeks at his first post grad job before jumping to another employer

[Krill]

Because you've discussed the issue with your current superiors, you might find yourself not offered many raises if you refuse this new job though, as the HR department may think you want to stay where you are regardless of if a competitor offers you more money. You can take the new job now if HR don't give you a raise to stay at your current position without feeling any betrayal.

[Kidlicious]

Come on now you know you are going to take the higher paying job, and anyone who would think that you wouldn't is silly. If the people you work with now don't understand that they are childish.

[Whoha]

Originally posted by Zoid




Follow your heart. Money isn't everything...

Follow your heart that is made out of money.

[VetLegion]

As a fellow IT worker in banking, I suggest taking up the payements offer.

I'm a couple of years older than you and I've been through a similar process. Before taking up this job at a bank I am doing now, I worked in a software company writing software for banks. Here are my conclusions:

1. Your IT knowledge isn't worth squat in the long run.

2. Your (banking) domain knowledge is worth a lot!

3. In the long run, you will want to be moving into management.

All things considered you want to build up your knowledge of the financial domain and you don't want to spend your time getting better at obsolete IBM technologies.

You should take the payments offer and when you've learned what you can there, move again, like a locust.

A small disclaimer -- I don't get particularly attached to technologies. I consider computers and software just tools to get a job done. If you're the kind of guy who enjoys some technology (databases, programming, integration) then by all means forget the pay and go where you can do what you like.

[VetLegion]

As for loyalties: just be firm about it and do it. People never dislike a guy who knows what he wants.

[Zoid]

VetLegion seems to know what he's talking about...