> You're not engaging By what rule am I engaging? It sounds as though there is a hierarchy on offer here, based upon salary/benefits, no? The point I'm after

> You're not engaging By what rule am I engaging? It sounds as though there is a hierarchy on offer here, based upon salary/benefits, no? The point I'm after here is that, while salary/benefits are a relatively straightforward metric, they are not the only metric. Do we have rules of thumb by which we come to an initial evaluation of situations? Of course we do. But let us leave a little wiggle room and not close the case until the whole situation is understood, say I. Really, avicebron.