When people assess a job, they obsess over salary.
But here are 18 different ways to look at it.
Because you’re never just trading money for your time.
The actual deal includes everything else that comes with the job.
Here’s what that deal might look like:
- 18,780 emails sent
- 602 hours commuting
- 28,538 working hours
- 320 skipped workouts
- 201 coffee “catch-ups”
- 715 hours working late
- 65,012 emails received
- 9,071 hours in meetings
- 12 public holidays worked
- 3 personal birthdays missed
- 15 weekends lost to deadlines
- 341 company-wide Teams calls
- 76 generic performance reviews
- 13 urgent tasks during annual leave
- 28 family events you couldn’t attend
- 1,080 tasks done that no one noticed
- 378 passive-aggressive “quick chats”
- 52 ideas killed in middle management
Take a moment to think about the deal you have in your current role.
Yes, you’re getting paid a salary.
But what is required to receive it?
Would you make the same trade if you were offered it today?
And if you’re considering a new role, don’t just focus on what’s on paper.
Make sure you discuss and define the unwritten factors too.