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- Donvitoviti0
couple things
1. If you accepted the offer already.. that kind of puts you in a sticky situation. But.. in the end its buisness.
2. Agency life wil open more doors for you but you will work your ass off... way off. It can be stressfull.
3. Working a company for a longer period of time can be good on the resume when people hire you in the long run...
But saying that... changing jobs is the best way to move up in resposibility... mainly because most companies dont promote people as much as they should..
Overall... I would say its what you want your future to be...
Agency life will work your hard but will give you tons of contacts etc for the future.
If you like your job now and like the work load.. i would stay...
Either would be a good move... Agency will give you more broad experience but will work you hard... the company you are at now will give you more money and most likely a bit less stress.
- -sputnik-0
more experience does not always guarantee more money. markets fluctuate, geographic location is an issue etc etc
i agree with some previous posts...it really depends on where your life is, where you want to be in 5 years etc. if you can do without the cash now in order to reap the rewards of that experience much later, then it could definitely be worth it. if you've just had a kid and have a heavy mortgage....uh, no.
- designerror0
go for the doug
- heavyt0
designerror - i assume that you mean "dough"
BTW - i was thinking of visting reykjavik this year, is that a good idea?
i dont know why, i just think that it might be a cool place to hang out for a week.
TR1
- designerror0
sorry for the spelling heavyt.. drunk as a fucking pissant stuck in a full whiskeyglass--... but you better hurry up coming over man.. year is almost over.! drop me a mail if you come by and i'll show you around town and surrounding area (no shit, even thou i'm a little drunk!) be happy to fight Reykjavik nightlife with a NT'er too..
- blaw0
sounds like everything is working well for you and that's good to hear.
i would worry about a company that suddenly found me work $32k more just because i was going to leave.
why wasn't i worth that yesterday?
- blaw0
guess i should've read those other posts first. but the point still remains... do you want to work for a company that knowingly underpays those that it obviously knows are their key employees?
- frankosonik0
32K is a lot of dough, but consider this proverb:
"Like a dog back to its own vomit, so does a fool return to his folly."
There must have been a reason you were job hunting in the first place. Don't look back.
If you take the 32k, they might consider it the price they had to pay to beat the crap out of you. I've been involved in 2 counter-offer situations, and the one I accepted got weird really fast. The one I rejected left everyone feeling OK, and I still do freelance work for both parties today.
But I was never offered 32k....
sorry for confusing you further.
- heavyt0
to close it out---
I am going to the Agency. I know that it is better experience and will pay off in the long run. I dotn really need that much money, and i really think that i would be grossly overpaid for what i do. Which, leads to a lack of security.
anyway, thanks to all for your advice. It helped me out a lot.
TR1
- winter0
i'd always go for the new bling! stuff if money's not an issue. but i'd wouldn't change if it IS the issue.
If you've been offered a plus you should see what that means in terms of SPACE for your own stuff and liberty. that's what's counts the most imho. working for other people doesn't really kick so the best pay/space is the best job i guess
- tkmeister0
if you haven't worked in an agency environment, it'd be nice to have it under your belt though it can be stressful.
if you want to do an agency experience, it's best to do it as a freelance. so you can only pick the cool projects you want to work on. nothing is worse than being trapped in some stupid accounts you don't give a crap about.after doing some time at agencies, i am now an inhouse designer/marketing manager. sometimes i miss cool design, fast pace projects i've done at agencies. but i can't go back now.
if you want to set up your own shop, it's good to have some managing experience as well as good understanding of marketing. so while you are at this agency, make sure to address that to your boss so you can get involved in the marketing strategy stage.
- shellie0
if you're moving in a year anyway -- go for the experience. you're still getting a raise. and you're going to need all the agency experience you can get if you're going to start one of your own. it makes perfect sense. you shouldnt have to think about it that hard.