Consultancy to Contractor salary hit.
Hi all. I’m looking to switch from consultancy to MC. I’m currently on £47k 2 years experience with a pay rise upcoming and further increases in salary once I get MRICS.
Issue is I’m in a very passive role and I feel I’m not learning as much as I should be at this early stage of my career. Hence why I feel it is in my best interest from a career point of view to make the move.
That said, considering my pay rise will get me up to the £50k mark, I’ll be having to sacrifice £15k just to get the experience I want (which isn’t even a guarantee). This is based of conversations I’ve had with recruiters who have told me that mc’s will not want someone with as many gaps in knowledge as myself.
After these discussions with recruiters and checking AQS roles online, the financial implications have put me off a bit.
Only reason I want to gain mc experience is so I can earn more money in the future so it seems counter intuitive to make the move as the payback time will be years.
What’s everyone thoughts?
Edit: it seems people are more bothered about pocket watching rather than actually giving me the advice I need.