Pearson laid me off in late 2022, but I start a new job tomorrow after getting two offers about the same time. I'll get Pearson severance a while longer, but can drop the nearly $600 a month COBRA. Same kind of work, but different industry. Same town. Privately held company with a nice campus. They seemed very very happy to find me.
Pay? 30% more.
Bonus is up to 20% of salary. Bonus has paid out a minimum of 10% of salary for longer than a decade. I remember my best bonus at Pearson was around 3% of salary before taxes.
401k is contribute/match 7% each, so a total of 14%.
4 weeks vacation to start, accrued, not PTO.
Health insurance PPO about 10% less than Pearson's. Vision is not VSP, but they pay a certain amount for frames but cover 100% of add-ons including bifocals. Dental is about the same per paycheck cost, but way better, covering yearly preventive x-rays (rather than every 2 years), and up to 80% payment on things like root canals and crowns.
I get a real desk in kind of a cubicle area and not Open. Dual 24" displays at work - I think I had two old 17" LCDs at Pearson. Like most companies they are hybrid, so I also get equipment for home, a docking station and displays. I'm not bragging. I'm just telling you what I got. I remember almost getting into an argument with our "admin" at Pearson who dragged her feet when I needed a replacement $15 headset that quit working after 3 or 4 years. I remember turning in an 8 year old laptop that had issues that my manager wasn't allowed to replace because "budgets".
I was very depressed after losing my Pearson job. People I got along with for years and thought I could use as a reference ended up ghosting me. They wouldn't even reply via LinkedIn. The severance helped but it made me mad every time that money would show up in my bank account. I suppose I should be grateful, but I'm still mad about it. Maybe that will change in a couple of weeks. Goodbye everybody, and good luck!