Good analysts are paid well, but beware of being classified an ‘exempt’ (salaried) employee. That $80K salary offer might look attractive at first, but you will be expected to work 50-60 hour weeks, so that effective $40/hr is more like $30/hr and you have no life to boot.
This is one reason for the strong age bias in favor of under-30 kids with no spouses or families.
“Good analysts are paid well, but beware of being classified an ‘exempt’ (salaried) employee. That $80K salary offer might look attractive at first, but you will be expected to work 50-60 hour weeks, so that effective $40/hr is more like $30/hr and you have no life to boot.”
One of our younger relatives went from salary to Exempt last year with a great raise. Fortunately his direct boss and one of the key family owner/bosses told him that he didn’t need to work 50-60 hours a week. He needed to delegate a lot of what he did before. His job was to find good hires and to keep them as long as they were good.
He listened and during the hardest/longest days from about Labor day to now, he delegated and enjoyed life a lot more.
Obviously, his direct boss and the top guy want to keep him happy and healthy.