It is not only the salary that counts. If you are happy in your current job, would you change for 5%, 10% more of your salary? It is clear that we need to receive a salary that covers our expenses, but beyond that we must take into account other non-monetary factors that the job offers us.
Flexible working hours: we are not only talking about having a timetable that can be adapted to your work-life balance, but also about when you need to adapt your working day to an extraordinary commitment. Is your company favourable to this or do you encounter obstacles?
Social benefits: as not everything is measured in euros, you have to take into account if you are considering a change of job, if the new company gives you a restaurant ticket or per diems, discounts at the gym, medical insurance, discounts in leisure or shops, in short, advantages that you can only enjoy if you work for that company. If you do the maths, these are euros that you save at the end of the year without realising it.
Displacement: for the first few journeys you will be highly motivated by your new job, but what happens when you have a difficult day and you have a long and tedious journey by car, bus or train? Be honest with yourself and decide whether that travel time is too much or too little for you. If it is time that you can use for other tasks or if it is time wasted. There is no number of KM that determines whether that distance is near or far, it is the value you place on that time.
Teleworking: after the pandemic more and more companies have expanded this section in their internal policies. Is teleworking important to you? Then ask in the interview! and above all, if it is a temporary policy because of the waves of COVID or if it will remain forever.
Working environment: perhaps the most important and the most difficult to measure. We spend a lot of hours at work so this factor is as important as the salary. You don't need to be best friends with all your co-workers, or go out for drinks with your manager, but you do need to be able to enjoy a healthy and pleasant working environment. You can get to know the culture of the new company through its social networks, to get to know its philosophy and values better.
Alexandra Pedrero, Talent Acquisition Specialist
