Current Events > Received a job offer, and I am unsure if I should leave my current job.

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What part of west coast. If your salary offer is less then ideal it's probably not going to help if you have to move to a high cost of living area. That'd be a big risk just to hope it provides better opportunity in the future

Hmmmm. I would stay with current job in this situation compared to the other topic.

What city to what city?

Is the new company already public? If so, then stock rewards are definitely a lot more valuable. If it were me I would take the new job, as long as you don't mind moving and leaving any friends/family behind, I kind of like having more work and responsibility.

I have heard tech has been getting slammed recently though, lots of layoffs, might be good to evaluate which company and job is more stable.

San Jose.

Anyone have any thoughts on something like this?

1. What is the cost of living/salary ratio between both options?
2. Are you willing to relocate to a different place? Knowing new cities is actually a plus for some people but others might want to stay put if it might impact your family for example.
3. Is anyone else impacted by your decison? E.g. wife, kids. If so, what do they think?
4. What are your career goals? Do you want to grow or are you fine doing whatever? Which options provides more room for growth, assuming you want that.
5. How important is work life balance at this point in life for you? Regardless of the new company having more workload, joining a new team is its own effort.
6. How open would your existing company be to welcome you back in case you dont like the new one? Would you be willing to relocate back to your current area if the new job doesnt work out?

I wouldn't want to work for Amazon (I already have) or Facebook, though

Here are some questions you should answer (to yourself) that will help you make a good decision:
1. What is the cost of living/salary ratio between both options?
2. Are you willing to relocate to a different place? Knowing new cities is actually a plus for some people but others might want to stay put if it might impact your family for example.
3. Is anyone else impacted by your decison? E.g. wife, kids. If so, what do they think?
4. What are your career goals? Do you want to grow or are you fine doing whatever? Which options provides more room for growth, assuming you want that.
5. How important is work life balance at this point in life for you? Regardless of the new company having more workload, joining a new team is its own effort.
6. How open would your existing company be to welcome you back in case you dont like the new one? Would you be willing to relocate back to your current area if the new job doesnt work out?

Overall it is about taking risks depending on what you want. You can decide to take a risk and try it out, see if you like it (assuming no family, you dont mind the hassle of a temporal relocation and you can get your job back if the plan fails). If the risk is too much or the effort to try out the new option is too high for you, then you could consider staying at your current position.

I'm curious, what was your experience working at Amazon / Facebook and what did you do?

Pay salary wise is "more" but it's wayyy less when factoring in cost of living. Stock options are insane, but I'm not sure if that's worth it for the life move? I'm a plastics tooling engineer.

Oh love seeing engineers in production. Do you design molds or other components for the automation?

im a toolmaker by the way I work in silicone and plastic tooling.

I'm curious, what was your experience working at Amazon / Facebook and what did you do?