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Your yearly salary if you count $60/ hr , it comes to 115200 without any benefits (or bonus) that too hybrid V/s 142k including bonus n benefits n remote ... Not sure why you are even thinking
FSI1, interesting perspective. Thank you for sharing.
If you get to work on your own time and simply bill them for work you're doing I'd say do Job B. It sounds crazy to choose B over A but I'm a person that values personal freedom and if you're going to infringe upon that then I'm gonna need you to pay for that. Additionally, you would make up the salary difference if you only worked an extra 6 hours a week for a year (135,000+10% Bouns=$148,500) the other job would be about $120,500/yr contrary to what the other person stated with a difference of about $28,000 which could be made up by simply working 6 extra hours a week at Job B. And if job A is already going to have you working over you'd essentially lose money if you take job A.
ALSO you don't need the benefits right now and Job B has the potential for you to get them in the future, which is when you'll need them.
In most cases that I've seen, Project engineers report to Project Managers. Oddly enough, Job A is a PM role but they call it PE. I wonder if that may hurt my future opportunities where I'd be applying / looking for senior PM role vs Job B is titled senior PM now.
Job A: 135K/yr base. 10% signing bonus. Title: Project Engineer. Really good 401K. A local company well known for a specialty product in the Oil and Gas industry. People outside industry will not know this company and they go through a few layoffs once oil and gas slumps. They’re known to work their people. Since it’s a salary position, no over time eligible AND it’s full time in office M-F 8-5. No flexible hours. Not that I used to mind this type of schedule but remote or hybrid sounds much better. 4 weeks vacation.
Job B: Contractor job. 12 months contract for now. High potential to be hired on full time tho not guaranteed. $60/hr with high potential for overtime rate at $90/hr. Title: Senior Project Manager. Hybrid schedule right now at 2 days in office/field and 3 days remote. No 401K now but good 401K once hired. It’s a regionally well known utility / power company that people rarely leaves. No health insurance and PTO as a contractor.
Background: BS in Mechanical Engineering. Military experience prior to school. 3 years manufacturing and 4-5 years project management / engineering experience. LCOL Oklahoma City.
I don't necessarily need PTO, 401K match and health benefits in 12 months but do want them in the long run. Hybrid schedule is really nice but I don't mind full time office if I think I'm om the right path.