Should wife take new job offer- pregnant? FMLA issues?
Jun 29, 2018 5:14:17 GMT -5
Post by victormartin on Jun 29, 2018 5:14:17 GMT -5
Hello,
My wife has a job that she enjoys, but there are problems with the company. She was told at her one year review that she did a great job and met all of her goals, but there were no bonuses. Also, the company does not give cost of living increases or offer raises unless you move to a new position. The 401k has high cost funds and matching is 3%, but it only vests after 5 years. A position for which she is qualified opened up (the one right above her). For the past 6 months, she has been doing this very job (for which she has gotten good reviews). She was told by a VP that she would not be eligible for the position because they are hiring from outside (using the reason that she would be promoted over co-workers, so it would be awkward to manage her previous co-workers). Because it is close to one of my offices, we can carpool two days a week.
She was offered a new position that has better health insurance, 5% 401k matching vested at 90 days, $15,000 a year more, and all at a company that focuses on promoting from within.
No-brainer, right? Except for this: We live in a state that has no real protection for employees outside of the federal ones. FMLA kicks in after one year in Georgia. We are planning to start a family (in the process now, so she could be pregnant or pregnant soon. The company technically could deny FMLA leave. I wanted to get opinions of whether or not bogleheads would think the risk is worth it to jump ship to the new company. Are there any considerations that we should take into account while she is moving over or things we should keep in mind? She got the offer 15 minutes ago, and they have asked for a response preferably by 4:30 today, but at the very latest Monday morning.
Edited to update: **** UPDATE: It is a recruiter that connected my wife with the company. The recruiter said the company wanted the answer by the end of the day Monday, but hinted that she would prefer it if the answer was today. We speculate it is because of timing of the recruiters pay.
Please help
I didn't find the right solution from the internet.
References:
www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=138913
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My wife has a job that she enjoys, but there are problems with the company. She was told at her one year review that she did a great job and met all of her goals, but there were no bonuses. Also, the company does not give cost of living increases or offer raises unless you move to a new position. The 401k has high cost funds and matching is 3%, but it only vests after 5 years. A position for which she is qualified opened up (the one right above her). For the past 6 months, she has been doing this very job (for which she has gotten good reviews). She was told by a VP that she would not be eligible for the position because they are hiring from outside (using the reason that she would be promoted over co-workers, so it would be awkward to manage her previous co-workers). Because it is close to one of my offices, we can carpool two days a week.
She was offered a new position that has better health insurance, 5% 401k matching vested at 90 days, $15,000 a year more, and all at a company that focuses on promoting from within.
No-brainer, right? Except for this: We live in a state that has no real protection for employees outside of the federal ones. FMLA kicks in after one year in Georgia. We are planning to start a family (in the process now, so she could be pregnant or pregnant soon. The company technically could deny FMLA leave. I wanted to get opinions of whether or not bogleheads would think the risk is worth it to jump ship to the new company. Are there any considerations that we should take into account while she is moving over or things we should keep in mind? She got the offer 15 minutes ago, and they have asked for a response preferably by 4:30 today, but at the very latest Monday morning.
Edited to update: **** UPDATE: It is a recruiter that connected my wife with the company. The recruiter said the company wanted the answer by the end of the day Monday, but hinted that she would prefer it if the answer was today. We speculate it is because of timing of the recruiters pay.
Please help
I didn't find the right solution from the internet.
References:
www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=138913
Animated explainer video production service
Thank you