Real-Life Decision Making
Working as an in-house music copyist can be a very stimulating job. You have enjoyed the three years that you have been employed with Markham Studios. You've helped to copy scores to hundreds of movies, musicals, and songs during your time with the company.
You've also built a number of friendships, and most days your office feels more like a family than an office. The one thing you could ask for is more money. While you can get by on the salary you're making now, a better salary and better benefits would help you to move to another, more secure financial level.
So when the job offer from a competing studio comes in, you're excited about the prospect of a better paying job. You agree to meet with the supervisor over the area in which you would be working if you were hired.
The meeting is interesting. The company does have much better benefits and the pay is several thousand dollars a year more than you are making now. And the icing on the cake is the stock plan that the company offers to employees after 90 days.
But after the meeting, the supervisor leads you on a tour of the office, and you notice that the atmosphere at this office is not as relaxed as at the office in which you currently work. The people are cordial, but there is little camaraderie. Everyone seems to be working alone, rather than together as a group.
When you leave the meeting, you have mixed feelings about what you should do. If you take the new job, you'll have better pay and benefits, but the office may not be the most pleasant to work in.
On the other hand, if you stay with Markham Studios, you'll have the same pay but you know the working relationship is great.
What do you do?