I currently work for a large company and provide various contractor duties for the government. I work a 9-80 schedule where I work 9 hours a day and get every other Friday off. I make a decent salary for what I do and the work is quite simple. After telling my company that I had a job offer they were willing to pay almost 13k more money for me to stay. However, this is speculation and it would take a couple weeks for upper management to approve the raise. My manager said that it was not entirely a guarantee and I may only receive slightly less like 10-12k.

The job offer that I received from another company would be a directorate position of what I am doing now. This will require more hours initially and the work will be somewhat harder. I will though have full reigns of the operation and I can mold the company the way that I think it should be. The only person that I have to report to is the CEO of the company. It is a pay increase of nearly 15k with potential of annual bonus and profit sharing. Both companies have similar benefits (i.e. medical, vacation, stocks, etc.)

My question is, is it worth the risk to take on such a high level position or should I be content where I am at and work my way up through the company and hope that their offer pans out? I have to make a decision by COB Friday the 24th. I am 31 years old and this would be a big step in my career which could propel me to bigger things. Or I could fall flat on my face. You have two choices, and no, poker pro is not an option unfortunately. Someday hopefully.