Job Offer Comparison Sheet

Who this is for

Three offers on one page, factor by factor. The main table has the usual factors already down the side — pay, bonus, pension, holiday, hours, commute, remote days, start date, benefits, notice — with a column for each offer; the numbers table adds up the money each one puts in writing.

Anyone with more than one offer, or one offer and a current job, who wants to see the two written out side by side before deciding rather than holding it all in their head.

What this helps you track

• Each offer's answer to the same list of factors, in one row each
• Anything an offer leaves unsaid, which shows as a blank cell
• The money each offer puts in writing — base pay and anything else — added up
• The hours and the commute beside the money, so they are weighed together
• Room for the factors that matter to you and are not on the list

How to use it

1. Write what you are comparing and the date you have to answer by at the top.
2. Give each offer a column — A, B and C — and note which employer is which in the notes or at the top.
3. Work down the factors and copy what each offer says, in its own words. Leave a cell blank if the offer does not say, and ask.
4. Add the factors that matter to you in the notes, or on extra rows in the browser version: training, travel, the team, the work itself.
5. In the numbers table, enter the base pay and any other money each offer states, on the same basis for each. The total, and the highest and lowest, are worked out in the browser version and the workbook.
6. Decide with the sheet in front of you. It compares; it does not choose.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser
• Excel / Google Sheets workbook

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The workbook uses plain formulas only — SUM, IF, COUNTIF and the like — so it opens in Excel, LibreOffice and Google Sheets without anything breaking, and every calculated cell is grey so you can see which figures it worked out.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

Does it tell me which offer is better?

No. It lays them side by side so that you can see them. Which matters more — the money, the hours, the commute, the work — is yours to weigh.

Is the total what I would take home?

No. It is the money as written in the offer, added up, before any deductions. What comes out of it depends on where you are and your circumstances, and this sheet does not work that out.

What if the offers are on different bases — one hourly, one salaried?

Convert them to the same basis yourself before entering, and say in the notes what you did, so the totals compare like with like.

Can I compare an offer with my current job?

Yes — put the current job in one column. It is often the comparison that matters most.

Should I negotiate?

That is between you and the employer, and this sheet has nothing to say about it. What it does is make sure you know what each offer actually says before any conversation.