Prospective new employers - red flags

[Caged]

In the US at least the numbers of people voluntarily leaving their jobs is the highest it's been for nine years, and I think in the sectors that I have exposure to people tend to be ignoring all the gloomy reports about how the economy hasn't really recovered. Changing jobs right now isn't such a bad idea, especially if your salary has been repressed by years of your current employer telling you that business isn't great and so no real terms raises for you this year. Face it - the only way to make up for those lost years of pay rises is to move on.

However, it's reasonable to have concerns about doing this, as even if you have a clear picture of your actual job role, your salary, bonus structure and other perks and benefits, the job itself can still be crap.

What are the obvious things that people need to look/listen out for and take as a sign of running far away? I'm going to be interested in the replies as I thought I did a bit of due diligence to get into my current position, and yet it's pretty poor. And as I'm coming up to two years it's probably time to move on.

 

[Caged]

I think sometimes especially if you're a bit new to it all you can have a review/promotion and just accept it and by the time you realise that you screwed up it can often be too late.

I left a previous job because I figured that the amount of effort involved in fighting for a token raise to reflect a change in responsibilities an entire year after I realised that I'd been effectively giving away potential earnings would be better spent on moving somewhere with a better attitude. I was right and I nearly doubled my salary.