Last month I talked about how I was trying my hand at landing a new job at an actual company rather than continue to work for an AML consulting firm. The bad news is that I didn’t get the job at the company that I so desperately wanted to work at…
But the good news is that I did get hired by their direct competitor, whose actually #1 in their respective space, and whose benefits and culture are pretty much exactly the same, and man am I loving it so far!
The wonderful news came sometime in early-to-mid February, and I’ve only been working at this new company since the beginning of March, but so far I couldn’t be happier. I mean technically I could, but you get what I mean. I’ve got great benefits, much better pay, awesome work-life benefits, and would you believe that I was hired on for a senior position? With only one year in the industry! It’s safe to say that the sky is the limit from here on out.
Here’s a little comparison of my previous job vs my current job.
Previous Company: Associate-level analyst; $43k salary; WFH but expected to return to the office; little to no room to grow; often had mandatory unpaid overtime and weekends; a little over 1 PTO day per month; insane workloads that easily caused 10+ hour days regularly.
New Company: Senior-level analyst; $65k salary; permanent WFH or WFA (Work From Anywhere); lots of room for growth as the US-based compliance department is new and still being established; no mandatory unpaid overtime or weekends; Unlimited PTO (for both vacation and sick days); manageable workloads that allow for plenty of downtime; and $25k USD (current value) worth of crypto vested over a 3-year period.
$65k might not seem like a lot to most white-collar employees, but for this industry it’s maybe just a little above standard, especially for someone with only a year of experience. Not to mention that I live in a very LCOL area, so I could very comfortably live alone on this salary and travel if I so wanted to… but I’m more concerned about paying down debts that my partner and I have accumulated since purchasing and remodeling our house this last year or so.
I’ll try to start posting more regularly again now that I’ve finally gotten some financial traction, at least once or twice a month. Perhaps I’ll kick off my Progress Report posts including changes in my net worth again for the start of April, though I’ll switch them up to a quarterly thing rather than monthly. I’ve got to figure out how exactly I want to calculate net worth stuff now that I’ve got a partner. We’re not legally married, but we are by common law, and our finances are a mix of split and combined funds and assets, so… it’s a bit of a challenge.
– N.
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