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>Really opened my eyes to the difference between what people say they want and what they actually choose come decision time. Well, there are at least two types
by perl4ever 5y ago
>Really opened my eyes to the difference between what people say they want and what they actually choose come decision time.
Well, there are at least two types of people - those that prioritize pay and those that prioritize benefits, particularly health insurance.
Maybe you were actually competing with public sector jobs in terms of benefits and coming up short.
If someone has a partner who has a really secure job with great health insurance, then it frees them to take more risks and optimize for pay, and vice versa.
- jkubicek 5y ago[Disclaimer: I work in the US] It's just so hard to correctly evaluate health care plans, though. Even at the company I work for now, it took multiple evenings of spreadsheets, calculations and hypotheticals to choose from one of the three plans my employer offered, and that's with access to the HR Slack channels and internal docs to help clarify our questions. I can't imagine trying to do the same calculation from outside the company.
- perl4ever 5y agoI can't either, and indeed I don't analyze the options at a given employer that much. But for people with chronic health conditions or who intend to start a family, there can be a huge difference between private and public sector positions due to health benefits. There's no need for a spreadsheet and evaluating fine-grained differences, you look around at what your friends, family, and acquaintances do and why.