Would you leave a job if the payment wasn't great?

TheDruidWizard

As everyone knows, the unemployment is quite high.

I was out of work for a long while in 2011, so I applied for the Springboard course scheme.

I applied for this and earned a certificate in web development. (I had received a degree in computer science years previously).

Through a classmate, I heard about the Jobsbridge program.


I did both the college course and then I found an internship afterwards for a small company for nine months.

After the internship had finished. The company that I was with, decided that I was such a good worker that they decided to hire me on afterwards.


Since this is a very small start-up company, they could only pay me the minimum wage.

Since the unemployment is quite high and the payment was still higher than the social welfare, I accepted and was grateful for it.


Fast-forward now to ten months after being hired, I'm now a full-time employee and having second thoughts.

Although I do like my boss and my co-workers and it's good experience to add to my career, I find that money is often tight.

I pay rent to my family and I can't afford to leave the family home.

The company is growing, but I'm afraid of being stuck in my situation much longer.

However, I'm also afraid of leaving and just ending up out of work again.

My second contract is until next February, which may get renewed.

I was thinking about sticking with it longer and perhaps studying part-time either at home or at a course to up-skill myself and then try for another job elsewhere.

With the time that I've spent here, I would have enough experience that I could apply for higher paid jobs.


Any advice or suggestions?

The job is in web-content management and I'm an amateur web developer with my own websites.

srsly78

The experience you gain is worth a fortune to you, just not right now! Stick in there, clock up your X years of experience - then lots of options will open up.

My first professional job as a software developer was in 1998, and I think my salary was £16000 or so. Suffice to say with 15 years experience it's a hell of a lot more now.

edit: Ok just noticed your job isn't a development one. Try to find a development job instead, content management is like stacking shelves.

TheDruidWizard

srsly78 wrote: »

Ok just noticed your job isn't a development one. Try to find a development job instead, content management is like stacking shelves.

Would something like web-development suffice?

If not, what else would you recommend?

srsly78

Any development role, just gotta get those first few years of experience.

TheDruidWizard

Okay that's good advice.
The content-management does seem a bit simplistic and often tedious.

However, I'm concerned about leaving it though as I'd likely just end up on the dole again.

I was thinking maybe I could post an ad to do small part-time web development projects or for volunteering for charity websites. Just to gain more experience.

I'm sorry for bugging you, I just feel I've been put into a bad situation.

matrim

TheDruidWizard wrote: »

Okay that's good advice.
The content-management does seem a bit simplistic and often tedious.

However, I'm concerned about leaving it though as I'd likely just end up on the dole again.

I was thinking maybe I could post an ad to do small part-time web development projects or for volunteering for charity websites. Just to gain more experience.

I'm sorry for bugging you, I just feel I've been put into a bad situation.

Start looking around and applying for jobs but don't leave your current job untill you get a new one

Bucklesman

Can't believe nobody's suggested asking for a raise yet. If you have other prospects, you should use those as leverage. That includes any moonlighting you might do.

Mrs OBumble

Would you leave a job if the payment wasn't great?

Yes - but only once I had a better paying job lined up!

Seriously - this is a no-brainer. Apply for other jobs, leave once you get one. Simples.

Celly Smunt

Aplly for jobs and hold out until february,the liklihood is you probably wont get in anywhere until then anyway.

If they dont raise you in february tell them to shove it and really start looking elsewhere.If they're a bad bunch they'll continue to use the "only starting up and can't afford it line", it will cost them far more to employ and train someone new than to raise you and keep you there.You have them by the balls more than you know.

okiss

I would start to look for another job as it may take a while to get one.
If you are still there in Feb I would do the following.
It they tell you we are giving you another contract I would see what they offer you money wise at that stage. I would remind them then what you have learned/done for them since starting. Start to keep a note now of all the work your involved with/in, how you improved processes or saved them money or got them new customers. I would then say due to the above I am looking for a pay rise.

Before then I would go around to a few recruitment firms/look up on the internet to see what type of salary you should be getting. If they don't give you a pay rise then I would stay working for them until you get another job.

One of my friends walked out of a job a few years ago and they had problems getting work after doing this.
1st question asked why did you leave company x? then there ex boss would give them a bad reference.
Also you never know where you could met your present co workers in a few years time so you don't want to burn bridges at this stage of your career.
Good Luck

Marionne

I'd definitely leave my job if I didn't get along with my Manager or the team. Also if I got bored by my daily stuff.