Experienced Analyst - advices on next (and probably life-changing) move.
Hi everyone, an experienced Data Analyst here, living in Chennai. I’ve about 3 years of exp in Analytics, and 3 more years in Operations. I currently work for one of the WITCHes under an Australian Banking project.
My current pay is about ₹7LPA, which is absolutely an underpay for my level of experience and role.
I wouldn’t say my work is hectic, or my manager is abusive. I’ve got a good balance of work-life going on here so far. I just hit my 2-year mark at my current org.
Now what I’m missing here is that, I’m not being exposed to the proper analytical work, what we (me and my other team member from Mumbai) do here is simple reporting work along with some dashboarding and handling ad-hoc data requests.
We use SQL, SAS, Power BI and a bit of Python (unless absolutely necessary) to do our work. Along with this, I believe that I’m not earning enough given my family situation where it’s just me and my wife earning and supporting our families. Now we are also expecting in the month of January, 2027. As much as we’re excited, we also are nervous on how we would look after the expenditures for the baby.
My request here is, would anyone advise me on how I can effectively improve my financial situation without risking too much? I’m planning to drop papers in October so that I can start being available from January (which allegedly is a good time of the year for hiring). I have been constantly applying for the past 4 months with no luck of landing an offer, mostly because of my 90-day notice period. This motivated me to drop papers and then look for opportunities for a better chance.
I’m open to any suggestions at all. Thanks!