Ouch

Just got the job offer I have been waiting for and....they offered me a dollar an hour LESS than I make now. UGH. With shift diffs my overall check would be a little more, but come on a whole dollar an hour less? I am pretty dissapointed. This is going to be a hard sell to my husband.
That's only $40 per week before taxes, and if you make it up on the diffs what difference will it really make. People are so hung up on $/hr they miss the bigger picture. If it's a job offer you have been waiting for then presumably it's a better position, do don't get hung up on $1 dollar and blow a good thing for, what, $25.00 give or take a dollar per week?!

I am hoping to not be on night shift forever, and if and when I go back to day shift a year or two from now, I will still be making LESS than I was right now. A lot of places are not giving raises or giving tiny raises these days so it will take years to make up that dollar, right? It just feels like going backwards. I will likely take the job anyway, but it hurt to get offered such a crappy number. Not sure why, but it made me really sad.

I understand. I had a very similar thing happen. A position opened up that sounded great, but it paid less than I make now, and I was going to have a lot more responsibility/drive often. So I turned it down. 25/week equals 100/month which does add up. You just have to decide if it is really worth it.

Is there anything else financially to consider? I work 7 to 7 and make a shift diff from 3-7 of three dollars an hour. So It's like I make an extra dollar and hour. My insurance is almost free which probably equals a couple of dollars an hour. My parking is free (I'm in a city hospital) and no other city hospital in my area has free parking so thats another dollar or two an hour. Does the new job offer any incentive ($) to not take their insurance and go on your husbands? That would be more money. Is the commute shorter saving you gas money? I guess when you put it like 40 a week, times 52 weeks it seems like a lot of money but your happiness is worth something.

Quote from rr82080Is there anything else financially to consider? I work 7 to 7 and make a shift diff from 3-7 of three dollars an hour. So It's like I make an extra dollar and hour. My insurance is almost free which probably equals a couple of dollars an hour. My parking is free (I'm in a city hospital) and no other city hospital in my area has free parking so thats another dollar or two an hour. Does the new job offer any incentive ($) to not take their insurance and go on your husbands? That would be more money. Is the commute shorter saving you gas money? I guess when you put it like 40 a week, times 52 weeks it seems like a lot of money but your happiness is worth something.

I made a nice paycheck being a nurse manager. Now I make 12K a year less (yet 12 K more than the job I had before I became a NM. But not being on call 24/7, the calls all weekend and at 1am, the content pressure and stress, is worth the pay cut. Quality of life exceeds all.