Some years ago, I applied to an outsourcing company that provided some service to HP, I passed the interviews with HP and got an offer for little more than 2.15x what I was earning at the time.
I hesitated a lot because:
- It was using a mix payroll(mostly bonus and just 1 minimum salary via payroll), which means I will get less money for my retirement( I could just put some voluntarily to avoid this but consider 2).
- I wanted 2.5x what I was earning at the time and I knew if I moved then, I should wait before moving to another job for at least 2 years.
I decided to pass on the offer because of those 2 reasons, the tech recruiter wasn’t to happy about that but hey that’s business.
It all turn out for the best for me, 1 week after that, HP broke into HP inc and enterprise, so I would have been fired pretty soon.