To move or not to move...Lockheed gives me 10% raise and full relocation package *UPDATE*

[pmoa]

updated Halloween

I brought the offer to work and got a 15% bump and my raise for this year is still in tact anywhere from 4.5% to 8%. I decided to stay at my current job and received a promotion to the next band. IMO my work reputation is hard to replace and rebuild at a new company so I will be staying...

For those that care...

*END UPDATE*

I currently work at a defense contractor and now ive been interviewing around. I got offered a job at Lockheed Martin Syracuse and they gave me a 10% bump, promotion to Senior Embedded Software Engineer and a full relocation package.

Typically here in the Baltimore area people are getting 20- 25% pay bumps just because cost of living is so high.

I have no idea how to weigh this one out. Should I bring it to my manager and explain that this is a promotion and I am really interested in this job?

Help!

 

[maddogchen]

whats the cost of living in Syracuse?

 

[teclis1023]

Syracuse.

Yeh, it could be worth it. Upstate/Western NY is a soft market, so you'll be able to live cheaper.

 

[toekramp]

but would you want to live there?

 

[K1052]

Get paid to move out of Baltimore?

Do it! Do it NOW! /Ahnold

 

[pmoa]

Originally posted by: maddogchen
whats the cost of living in Syracuse?

It is 15% less than Baltimore

 

[pmoa]

Originally posted by: maddogchen
whats the cost of living in Syracuse?

It is 15% less than Baltimore

 

[pmoa]

Originally posted by: toekramp
but would you want to live there?

Well I went to school there for Undergrad and Grad school....

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: K1052
Get paid to move out of Baltimore?

Do it! Do it NOW! /Ahnold

GET TO DA CHOPPA!

 

[Kelemvor]

How much do you like your current job, company, and pay? If you like it but think the new position offers more potential, take it to your boss and say you were made a job offer but like it where you are and wanted to see if there was anything that'd be willing to do to keep you around.

Of course this can backfire because then they might start looking for your replacement without you knowing since you expressed your desire to leave anyway...

 

[CPA]

That would be my dream job. Instantly, I would get season tickets to Syracuse Orange BBall and FBall. You are one lucky man.

 

[Deeko]

Lockheed has a LOT of benefits that go beyond your pay - better than most companies.

However, in my first 3 months here I've done about 20 hours of actual work, and even that's a stretch....gotta love waiting for the security clearance.

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: pmoa

Originally posted by: maddogchen
whats the cost of living in Syracuse?

It is 15% less than Baltimore

So, you're net gain is 25%, plus you don't have to put up anything for relocating, which could run into the thousands of dollars.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Lockheed has a LOT of benefits that go beyond your pay - better than most companies.

However, in my first 3 months here I've done about 20 hours of actual work, and even that's a stretch....gotta love waiting for the security clearance.

sounds like my job

im currently being paied to post on AT,

 

[IceBergSLiM]

SYRACUSE SUX!!!! BAD. nothing to do. snows constantly. The relocation package better include a new 4 wheel drive pick up truck if you want to get anywhere in the winter.

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Deeko
Lockheed has a LOT of benefits that go beyond your pay - better than most companies.

However, in my first 3 months here I've done about 20 hours of actual work, and even that's a stretch....gotta love waiting for the security clearance.

sounds like my job

im currently being paied to post on AT,

What do you do?

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: intogamer

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Deeko
Lockheed has a LOT of benefits that go beyond your pay - better than most companies.

However, in my first 3 months here I've done about 20 hours of actual work, and even that's a stretch....gotta love waiting for the security clearance.

sounds like my job

im currently being paied to post on AT,

What do you do?

ceramic engeneering

 

[iRONic]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
SYRACUSE SUX!!!! BAD. nothing to do. snows constantly. The relocation package better include a new 4 wheel drive pick up truck if you want to get anywhere in the winter.

x100!
<------Lived in that shithole for 15 years.

SU football? Ahahahaha!

SU basketball? Jimmy B's gonna retire/kick soon. Fugedaboudit.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Deeko
Lockheed has a LOT of benefits that go beyond your pay - better than most companies.

However, in my first 3 months here I've done about 20 hours of actual work, and even that's a stretch....gotta love waiting for the security clearance.

sounds like my job

im currently being paied to post on AT,

yep, me too.....good times....

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
nothing to do. snows constantly.

that kinda sounds like perfection to me... which is why i live in upstate NY, bout 1.5 hours from syracuse, but its basicially the same

 

[jjanders]

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[intogamer]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: intogamer

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Deeko
Lockheed has a LOT of benefits that go beyond your pay - better than most companies.

However, in my first 3 months here I've done about 20 hours of actual work, and even that's a stretch....gotta love waiting for the security clearance.

sounds like my job

im currently being paied to post on AT,

What do you do?

ceramic engeneering

:thumbsup: another for the Post on Atot job

 

[pmoa]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
nothing to do. snows constantly.

that kinda sounds like perfection to me... which is why i live in upstate NY, bout 1.5 hours from syracuse, but its basicially the same

im from maine and i love the snow....weather isnt important....just a tough choice to make. I dont know if my current employer will take into account the cost of living into a possible match....

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: pmoa

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
nothing to do. snows constantly.

that kinda sounds like perfection to me... which is why i live in upstate NY, bout 1.5 hours from syracuse, but its basicially the same

im from maine and i love the snow....weather isnt important....just a tough choice to make. I dont know if my current employer will take into account the cost of living into a possible match....

where in maine?

i spent the first 16 years of my life in Brunswick

 

[pmoa]

no kidding! i was in brunswick....lori drive off of jordan ave