My buddy and I had a disagreement on my move here. I'm pretty sure I know what I'm going to do but I'm curious if my friend is really far off or making sense.

I have been in my current position about 6 months so far, everything's pretty good. My boss is very very cool, we get along like good friends but he also thinks I'm very intelligent, same with his boss. In fact, this week we all worked together on organizing a pretty big change in our company procedures, with me evaluating several fiscal changes to see what would happen if we made different changes.

That being said...randomly, I was approached by two separate companies, asking to interview me, they are both competitors of the company I used to work at (3 yrs experience). They are both offering 20% raises. Should I entertain these companies? One was through an old recruiter I used during a job search, the other through my academic advisor. (I am in night school for an MBA, which my current employer pays for)

Switching jobs would be an immediate financial upgrade, even if they didn't pay for my education, right away (I wouldn't go if they refused outright). Obviously more based on if they will pay for this coming fall semester.

My initial thought is to say no. I like my boss and the job isn't too hard. In fact I probably am underworked, but they love my work so never even question it. However, my buddy says to take the interview, it's a big boost in pay. Financially speaking, my current company has a pretty thin bottom line, and the prospectives claim large growth rates. We're still in the green, though.

Thoughts?

I'm still young myself but I'll offer a little advice.
Definitely look at this long term. How much opportunity do you have for advancement with your present company vs. the other two and how long advancement would take.

Trying to fit in tuition for school is a good extra, but even if one of the other companies won't offer that option to you maybe using that 20% salary increase to pay out of pocket would work and in the long run the increase in salary and potential growth and advancement with one of those companies would pay off.

I think you should at least entertain the offer and set up an interview. At your discretion either during the interview or after if your formally offered the job you then might want to inquire about educational opportunities.

It's a dog eat dog world and your obviously a man that wants to advance himself. Your getting your MBA so you probably are looking at advancing your career. Why not start ASAP.

One thing to consider though you said at times you are under worked and that might be useful considering your going to school and working at the same time.

Just my thoughts.

I'm curious what was your undergrad major?

I agree with you.

http://www.accounting.com

Post your question there, most of them are professionals like yourself and from what I've seen your situation is not uncommon.