-: I always tell people who are considering jobs,
never take your first job offer
and never take an offer
without asking for the benefits package.
And that includes things that you may not even think of.
It's not just how many paid vacation days
do you get in a year, how many sick days
do you get in a year?
It's also, what's your work from home policy?
What is, do you have a sabbatical policy?
Some companies will, you know, allow people
to take leave after they've committed
like two or three years to the organization.
Do you have a program in which
at some point you will help me pay for grad school,
if I want to go to business school?
For when I want to go get a master's degree?
And so thinking about all of those benefits
and what that benefit is valued to you at
is really important, because in that sense,
that's where you might get more value outside of a salary.
And those things are gonna make you happier
than an extra $5,000 at the end of the day
that after take home salary,
broken down every two paychecks every month
is not gonna mean that much.
It's like what, maybe one extra meal out?
But being able to have flexible hours
and going in to work at 10:30 or ten o'clock
and leaving, you know, at six
or your office paying for a gym membership.
These are things that most companies
are willing to work more with it at negotiating
that actually mean much more to you
on a day to day basis.