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As you can guess by now, Vijay wasn’t content with saying "Well, I’m making X dollars now... it would be nice to get a 10 percent raise at my next position." On the contrary, he detailed out a spreadsheet with industry-related salaries from Salary.com, as well as specifically reported salaries from the company he was looking at from another website. He analyzed the following:

  • Salary, bonuses, cash bonuses, and stock bonuses
  • High, low, and average figure at each level
  • What the predicted stock price for his current and potential employer would be for 2012, 2013, and 2014
  • Predicted raises at his current position over time
  • How much he would be giving up if leaving his current position
  • Since the new position would be in 1 of 2 locations, he accounted for moving costs, state taxes, and cost of living difference
  • Lifestyle factors for his family based on location, weather, etc.
There are four key takeaways regarding Vijay's actions: