Message #29236

[gillianscott]

Hello Bea,

Regarding the lower salary being offered - presume this is gross salary and you would then pay less income tax and social security contributions than you are paying now.  How much difference would this make to your net salary - especially when you take into account the additional benefits being offered by the new company?  You say that you will have a longer commute but that the traffic will be lighter, so would that make the journey less stressful?  I know this doesn't help with petrol costs (which are even higher than they are here in Belgium!) but a general reduction in stress levels is definiitely something to be considered.  And, who knows, there might be an opportunity to car pool and share expenses.

Having reread your previous threads - your boss sounds petty (complaining because you don't make him enough cups of tea for instance) and insecure and is not going to change.  You say you're starting to dislike him - that isn't going to change either!  It's definitely time to move on.

Good luck with weighing up the pros and cons anyway.

Best regards.
Gillian