Advice on choosing an offer

[MariliseM]

Advice from my side - I used to be in a similar situation where my car, fuel, insurance etc was paid for and received a new car every year. There are very few companies who offer this type of benefit. It eventually becomes an issue in that you have to stay with the current company or industry as you pretty much cannot afford to lose the benefit.

[Basment Dweller]

R12 000 gross increase, after taxes with the extra car payments and time lost traveling may amount to a very underwhelming net increase. Also what if you make the move and dislike the new company culture, or have to work with a passive aggressive, ball busting bitch/bastard?

In my mind the focus should be more on the opportunity, and work environment rather than the money.

[mango]

Solepro... if i may add my 2 cents... dont sell your house !

You can always re-invest nearer to your job and have all the benefits you are after, i personally wouldn't like to commute that far... ill rent out my current house and see if i can buy another if affordability isn't an issue.
As someone mentioned when you sell now (assuming you didn't buy under market value) you'll loose in the sense of transfer duties paid and you'll loose again in the form of agent commission when selling.

This will also set you up in the future for rental income when you retire !

[SolePro]

It's the current job that's making me unhappy - no growth, unchallenged and I'm just bored, that's why I applied for a new job to challenge me. At the same time I didn't want to be disadvantaged with car and travelling expenses.

[SolePro]

Advice from my side - I used to be in a similar situation where my car, fuel, insurance etc was paid for and received a new car every year. There are very few companies who offer this type of benefit. It eventually becomes an issue in that you have to stay with the current company or industry as you pretty much cannot afford to lose the benefit.

That's right, this is a very good benefit.

[SolePro]

[QUOTE=Basment Dweller;135536]R12 000 gross increase, after taxes with the extra car payments and time lost traveling may amount to a very underwhelming net increase. Also what if you make the move and dislike the new company culture, or have to work with a passive aggressive, ball busting bitch/bastard?


That was the reason I initially declined the offer - based on the underwhelming net increase. They've given me R9500 travelling allowance and I've now accepted the offer. To me it also matter that I get paid well.