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I’m assuming you’re from the us since you mentioned pto.
Are the benefits equal other than the pay? Or are you taking an increase in pay and losing pto, healthcare, 401k, etc?
If you lose out on other benefits I would pass. The 25% pay bump won’t count for much if your healthcare cost is non existent or so over priced it may as well be.
Work life balance and a pto are crucial for your health and life in general. I’d recommend avoiding work places that don’t value work life balance if possible. Unfortunately it’s hard to gauge their sincerity here before you join.
If the benefits are about the same and you get a 25% bump in pay then it’s worth the risk.
The other benefits are about the same, only PTO is lower. I don't know anyone who works at that company to ask about work life balance, but I know that SWEs at the parent company that bought it do regularly end up working in the evenings and weekends to meet deadlines.
Not sure how much of that demand and pressure the parent company puts on this company.
If this is a cultural expectation, then it's safe to assume you will be expected to sacrifice your nights and weekends as well. If that's a dealbreaker for you, walk away. Personally, I refuse to work someplace that doesn't encourage a good work life balance. I spent a lot of years giving up my nights and weekends. Whatever benefits I got from it, and they were negligible at best, were not worth the cost.
Tough call then. Thats a good pay bump but not worth it if it costs your evenings and weekends.