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Early in your career, go with the option where you’ll have the best opportunities to learn and grow. Are people at the colder place going to take the time to teach you? Once you’re experienced, the money will be more important to choosing between two places because that’s all you’ll need from work. But if you’re just starting out, I’d focus more on which place will serve you better in the long run by giving you the skills you’ll need to be successful.
This is a sound advice. Early in your career, prioritize skills— at least until you hit your 5th or 6th year. At that point, you should have solid foundation in your area (even if you are not yet autonomous) and could shift to other priorities more. If you become expensive without skills to justify it, you will face challenges in staffing and many partners will choose cheaper associates over more expensive ones without commensurate skills.
7k annually probably isn’t a huge difference when you break it down by paycheck. You’ll never know how the work environment is until you’re actually working there but if you’re already feeling off about the culture in the interviews then that’s a sign. Being happy at work is probably worth more than whatever the difference is. Just my two cents from someone who’s been paid slightly more in a colder office environment - I’d take the more supportive one for a 7k difference any day. It’s not just about socializing. You spend a lot of time around the people you work with- you want it to be a pleasant environment.
This is so true. You’ll never ever know the work environment ahead of time. That’s why I hate when recruiters try to use it as a selling point, but fail to give an actually salary
Where will you have more flexibility, be respected more, and be required to work less?
Agreed
Anecdotal but I was offered two jobs, one was $18k higher but I had a good gut feeling about the other. Ignored the gut feeling and went for money. 2 years later I regret it completely and reached out to the other firm to see if they have any openings.
7K is very nominal. When you look at the bigger picture, likely only 20 dollars more a paycheck. Working at a firm that is very cold and not supportive, I would say go with the other firm. At the end of the day, the people you work for and work with are really important, no matter how hard we convince ourselves otherwise.
Can you negotiate with the supportive team? I agree with others that $7k is not a huge difference when considered paycheck by paycheck. But maybe you have an opportunity to get the pay closer to what you’re hoping for if you advocate for yourself now.
There is no guarantee that your first impressions are correct. With that being said, I would still be leaning towards the friendlier option if you are pretty confident your impressions are correct. You might try to negotiate a little more.
Don't take the money. Not even worth is.
People seems to advise you to take the better culture, but only you know what is a best fit for you. Another factor is how long you’d like to stay in the job before jumping to another one. As I know people tend to jumping more, earlier in their career, to maximize their income.