I wish I had left a year or so ago when employers were desperate and throwing high pay and sign-on bonuses at candidates. Now we're back to where were before: few good open positions, no responses after interviews, and lowball offers when you manage to find something that works. I hate I missed out on a good thing because I was too coward to leave then.
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I would remind OP that a job's worth is more than simply compensation.
I left T a couple of years ago. I was one of the DTV hostages after the T invasion, and never had any attachment to the deathstar other than the pay. By 2019 I was earning just over $100K after bonuses were included. Even with that salary, the job at T just wasn't worth it. $100K isn't nearly enough to have convinced me to buy in to all of Stanky's lies, the constant mismanagement, the clear dysfunction of the departments, the total lack of care for employees, the weird cultish attitude of all the T-h0les who would wear their branded gear into corporate offices, and the overall toxicity of the place.
I left, and got a new job with a local nonprofit where my pay is now about $80K/year, but where I don't have an arrogant, stupid CEO or have to work under the constant threat of a layoff or have to be in a place where my efforts are unseen and unappreciated.
So, even with a 20% decrease in pay, my current job is worth more than any position at T. So much so, I flatly turned down an offer from my old boss to apply to a new spot for even more money than I was earning before.
To be fair if you actually got a big fat pandemic-bo-m package, your RSUs would be worth half. Still, the base salary would probably be higher than whatever you make now. Oh well. Snooze you lose. This is all assuming you could've even gotten an offer in the first place.
You overestimate your own worth. You probably getting the offer you deserve. Hard to accept.
Yeah seems like tripe. Folks I know have been jumping at more $ opportunities.
Always need to be attentive to the market. You need to run your life like a business runs its. Time to cut losses and move on. Key factor is being debt free.. I did in 2021 after 26yrs. Met rule of 75, needed 30yrs for next bump in pension that they stopped contributing to. No benefit in staying around as the meager salary and benefits are no longer competitive. Found a great "bridge" job to get me from retirement from AT&T until social security eligible (14 years yet). Took my experience with me, Oh well the new kids will figure it out.
You had better hope to retire from at&t. I don't think you would fare very well at any other company. Always remember, your position at at&t is safe and secure. At at&t everyone gets a participation trophy!
I left at the beginning of the year. More salary and signing bonus. Health care is like a hundred times better than T. So glad I did.
If you don’t have a pension and you are writing this post, then shake on you for not taking advantage of the market. I hate to break it to all the 10yr or less folks, but this is no longer a retirement gig. The company wants short term employees they can recycle
This reads like a fake post. There's no way an AT&T employee has the self awareness to have written this.
No offense. I know way too many "I just need a few more years" types around the company to believe anyone would write this.