Comparing Two or More Job Offers

Remember: One should compare all aspects of the job offers.

Let’s say you got 3 offers after all the hard work and preparation. Now the time comes that you have to decide and evaluate one out of them as best offer.

Point to consider in here is that the job that pays more cash may not be the best option. People often ask “Why benefits are important? when take home cash is the main thing” … answer…Because benefits can add up to 30% of the whole compensation and carry a charm of its own e.g., certain benefits are not forfeited as the month ends and keep on accumulating, for instance if you don’t utilize your fuel limit the remaining portion is carried forward, Medical and other allowances have benefits of their own. 
You should look at each company’s compensation package offered in full detail; you may find a very different story as illustrated below.

A pure financial analysis of 3 job offers is provided below, as an example

	A. Ltd	B. Ltd	C. Ltd
Basic Salary	45, 000	50,000	47,000
Utility allowances	-	-	2,000
Medical	5,000	3,000	3,000
Life Insurance	2,000	1,000	1,000
Disability Insurance	1,000	-	-
Company Car Allowance	4,000	3,000	3,000
Pension Plan	3,000	3,000	-
Total, per month	60,000	60,000	56,000

Though company “A” offer less basic salary but the total compensation is dot equal to what is offered by company “B”. The break up shows that company “A” offers better medical, life insurance, car allowance and even disability insurance when compared to other companies.

There are other factors, besides the financial ones, which must be considered when deciding the whether to accept the offer, they include:
1. Reputation of Company
2. Listing on Stock exchange
3. Corporate Culture
4. HR policies (relocation / Over time etc)
5. Employee Turnovers
6. Professional memberships / accolades
7. On Job learning programs
8. Paid Holidays
9. Sick Leaves
10. Profit Sharing Schemes
11. Share Based Payments (or Stock offers to employees)
12. Expenses reimbursements (e.g. commuting, parking etc)

The point to remember is that it is not only the liquid cash that one gets, the complete package should be evaluated.

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