When should one choose a bigger brand with less pay vs small firm but high total compensation and higher base ?

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marriage and children

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In this boat now. I’m the breadwinner and need to rank stability higher than anything else.

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I feel a bigger firm with less pay gives you more stability and better balance. For perspective, a VP at the firm I am at took 3 days off after his child’s birth and traveled the next week.

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Never. Fortune favors the bold.

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Depends what you value. People Culture, brand, money, the hours of the job, other benefits like 401k matching, believe in upside in the smaller company (watch out, we may be entering a recession), stability of the company etc. all factors to consider and all personal.

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The better name brand could get you a higher paying job down the road. I basically only care about money, but that doesn’t mean I’m short sighted. Make sure the trade off isn’t a little more money now (small shop) vs way higher lifetime earnings (name brand shop)

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