Which is more important: culture or salary
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Always choose people and culture and work you like over money (within reason depending on your situation). Always. You'll understand eventually, but if you want advice before you waste years getting the importance of that, culture/work you like/people and boss you like!
Depends on how old you are and how much money you actually need. In my experience Culture makes for better work. Money makes for better loyalty. Have fun while you can, and trust the coin will come. Otherwise we would all be working in pharma
Well unfortunately culture doesn't pay my child's daycare.
On a serious tip - I think this question is a bit of a misnomer. If your 'culture' doesn't come with competitive market-level salaries, then I'd argue that your 'culture' sucks anyway.
From where I'm sitting looks like I've already chosen culture over salary. I'd rather like the work and the people and enjoy going to the office over making myself miserable for a few more bucks
Not wanting to kill your self on a daily basis definitely makes a huge difference
I disagree with CD1's advice almost completely. Don't confuse culture and good people with leaving at 5:00pm skipping over puddles or amazing and miraculous work/life balance.
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A fun nice culture can lead to complacency, which is when agencies begin to rot. Think about it, you see people who are perfectly comfortable and can leave at 5:00 and have a great time. That can be a great culture, but eventually someone new will come in and crack the whip because the agency is losing business. Always go for salary and opportunity. You can make your own culture.
Especially now that every agency is basically exactly the same open office space ruled by accounting.
My culture is great but my pay sucks and I hate it so yeah I would go with salary because I am struggling and I hate life right now
Think good team, supportive boss, people who have your back, good work ethic, etc. Projects you like working on, so on
Great culture - "everyone works and plays well, leadership is amazing, coffee/whiskey never tasted so good" kinda culture- is rare and fleeting. People move, accounts are won/lost. There's a scandal. Culture often lasts for a moment in time. So with that it's easier to plan your career around the right money ... maybe give yourself one jump for culture if something feels really special.
Do you want to be miserable erryday?
So, AD, was it pharma that made you unhappy?
Culture doesn't pay the bills
^I agree you can't know the culture for sure from an interview. But, this reminds of another point - don't take a job because of the higher salary if the vibe from the interview process is not good! Also, if lucky to be in a place with good culture already, milk that to learn and grow and get promoted in a positive environment. You need good culture in order to feel supported and able to perform. It's not a straight forward / black & white topic. Trust your gut too.
I worked at an agency once where the culture was polluted. I feel horrible for the people I left behind, and feel they must have come from families where they felt responsibly for their fucked up alcoholic parents' bad decision making. I was so glad to leave there even though it meant uncertain financial status for the short term.
Good company culture exists out there and choosing between the two depends on your current circumstances. I loved the culture at my old place and felt like it was genuine but I ultimately went with a new job with nearly double my old salary at a company in hyper-growth. With the better salary my quality of life definitely improved, I can sacrifice culture for that.
Considering that culture in this industry basically means "we have bagel fridays and maybe you'll have a cubicle"-- I'd choose money.
Salary. You can't tell culture from an interview anyway. Maybe you are getting great vibes from the workplace look and feel or even the interviewer. But those are acts. You won't know what it's like until the work starts with your new team. As for leaving a place with good culture already, I see that as being comfortable. I like to be uncomfortable because I'm crazy.