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chainsaw cat

Tea. Biccies. Happy now?
.. in that I'm holding 3 good job offers.

1. with a wind farm company, travel to mainland Europe, US and Ireland, 10k pay rise.

2. with a fashion firm, UK wide travel, France, Italy and 15k rise plus a car

3. with Government, dealing with hospital aquired infections, 7k pay rise plus home based.



All fantastic jobs. First two a bit ditzy really but then the money's good and I need a rise to pay for my imminent divorce and sad divorced bloke's crappy flat full of crumpled clothes and beer cans.


Given only the above, which is the bare bones but the decision cruxes, which would you do?
 
Home based! I'd love to work in my underpants! Also, traveling abroad sounds great but if it's work it's work.
 
I'd say 1 or 2.

Because 3 sounds depressing, and I'm guessing you'd end up frustrated and tied up in bureaucratic red tape and knots by NHS and government politics, not to mention the blame game, the government always wants to deflect the blame for it's own failures, so you might as well draw a bullseye on your forehead now, it's got disaster written all over it. Although not knowing anything but the barest details, I could be completely wrong, but it has more set up to fail potential than the other two scenarios.

1 and 2, well what kind of person are you? What motivates? Do you care about the environment at all? Do you want to spend time in fields in the middle of nowhere and being outdoors? Are you motivated by the idea of doing your bit to save the planet? Are you do-gooderish by nature? Do you love fashion? Do you want to go to parties and drinking free booze and schmooze? Do you live very much in the here and now? Are you hedonistic by nature?

What do you do that gets you a pay rise of in the region of 7-15k for a new job? :confused:
 
subversplat said:
Number 2, definitely

Windfarms and governments are boring - fashion is a pretty sexy industry :)
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Yeah, but i'd be in a dull back office thing and I dress like a depressed East German.

i fancy all of them for different reasons - the nagging thing is, I can't really get motivated for financially-driven organisations.... I think the Government one is bestest really.

No rush, I have a fortnight to choose.
 
chainsaw cat said:
Yeah, but i'd be in a dull back office thing and I dress like a depressed East German.

i fancy all of them for different reasons - the nagging thing is, I can't really get motivated for financially-driven organisations.... I think the Government one is bestest really.

No rush, I have a fortnight to choose.
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The last time you were talking about job interviews it was weighing up the relative benefits of attending one when your Missus was about to give birth ... are you joking about the imminent divorce? Sorry to hear if it's not a joke.

Whichever, imo, home based has got to be best for freedom to work where you want & involvement with child care etc.
 
Yeah, all those jobs sort of fell through for one reason or another.....

We look like we are separating at least for a while, I am looking for a flat.

Grim but probably for the best.

Not certain yet.
 
I really am sad to hear, must have been a very stressful few months. I guess new baby stress adds to it ... perhaps things'll even out? Anyway, fingers crossed it'll pan out in the best way for all.

I'd be even more inclined to go for the home based one in those circs. Good luck x
 
lucky so-and-so... i'm at the end of an MA which has drained half my savings, so far with little indication that it'll help me get out of the line of work I've been in the last 10 years. Path dependency and all that.

Still, I'm happy for ya :)

:(
 
I worked from home for 2.5 years. Thought I loved it till I went back to office work and discovered that being with people actually is rather fun after all.

I would NEVER do a home-based job again. Ever.

As you are going through a bit of personal termoil, I would go for option 1. It will get you out and about, it will keep you good and busy, you will enjoy it, you get to go to other countries, it will be great. Go for number 1 or introduce me to the boss of that one and let me do it!
 
Dreadwear said:
I worked from home for 2.5 years. Thought I loved it till I went back to office work and discovered that being with people actually is rather fun after all.

I would NEVER do a home-based job again. Ever.

As you are going through a bit of personal termoil, I would go for option 1. It will get you out and about, it will keep you good and busy, you will enjoy it, you get to go to other countries, it will be great. Go for number 1 or introduce me to the boss of that one and let me do it!
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Hey, I'm keeping these cards very very close to my chest thank you very much!

It'd be mostly home based, with a day a week in an office in Manchester and a day/night/day once a month in London (:cool:) so not entirely cut off from the real work world - also, 2.5 days out on site so really only the 2 +/- days of report writing/correspondence/Urbaning to do at home in my underpants with a can of lager.
 
ViolentPanda said:
Ah, the grey leather jacket rather than the tan one, then ? :D

I'd say 1 or 3. 1 because it's still an expanding sector and could get more interesting as time goes by, and 3 because it's a steady "by the numbers" job.
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Faux leather. But grey, yes.


What if global warming goes wrong though? Eh?

Mind, I have an alternative use for the wind turbines - if it gets REALLY hot we could swop the red and black leads over, so they take electricity from the grid (from non - sustainable sources, so that's clearly a good thing to do) and the fans would go round creating a nice breeze cooling us all down.

Did I mention I wasn't up for a job in the technical side by the way?
 
chainsaw cat said:
Faux leather. But grey, yes.
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Nah, not the faux-leather, the real thick-as-the-hide-of-a-pachyderm-but-smells-odd "eastie beastie" leather jacket loved by the STASI, reputed to be able to stop knife stabs from angry proletarians. :D

What if global warming goes wrong though? Eh?
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Go to work for a furrier!
Mind, I have an alternative use for the wind turbines - if it gets REALLY hot we could swop the red and black leads over, so they take electricity from the grid (from non - sustainable sources, so that's clearly a good thing to do) and the fans would go round creating a nice breeze cooling us all down.

Did I mention I wasn't up for a job in the technical side by the way?
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In my humble opinion, the world may just be safer that way! :p :D
 
Bad luck on the divorce front but I'd say, wind farm job, if it were me. Something positive, with travel and a bonus.
2. Meh. Fassion.
3. poitentially depressing. No travel.
 
Travel seems like a bonus, but it isn't always. Especially when it turns your 10 hour day into a 15 hour one, without any noticable benefit...
 
chainsaw cat said:
Yeah, but i'd be in a dull back office thing and I dress like a depressed East German.

i fancy all of them for different reasons - the nagging thing is, I can't really get motivated for financially-driven organisations.... I think the Government one is bestest really.

No rush, I have a fortnight to choose.
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There probably isn't much financial difference anyway when you factor in the cost/inconvenience/time of going into an office - travel, clothes, food etc.

If you'll get enough contact with people for isolation not to become a problem, I'd go for #3. Especially if your personal life is uncertain (sorry to hear that). You'll have a lot more flexibility when it comes to seeing/caring for your child - which is especially important if you're not a resident dad. Also better benefits, leave, sick pay for the public sector.
 
Whichever is going to be most stable, what with the impending doom and gloom on the unemployment figures.
 
Do not work for the government. It is depressing and beaurocratic and a nightmare.

I'd take job 1.
 
missfran said:
Do not work for the government. It is depressing and beaurocratic and a nightmare.

I'd take job 1.
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I'm inclined to agree with this but not all government departments are as bad as the one I work for. I have met some civil servants who absolutely love their employer. In a recession the public sector is probably the most secure.
 
missfran said:
Do not work for the government. It is depressing and beaurocratic and a nightmare.

I'd take job 1.
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Depends on the job. If management are any good (and some are) they'll view their role as being to protect staff from the bureaucracy. If he's going to be mainly working from home, he won't have to butt heads with it as much anyway.
 
Iam said:
Travel seems like a bonus, but it isn't always. Especially when it turns your 10 hour day into a 15 hour one, without any noticable benefit...
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I was thinking more of. 2 days in toulouse for a conference. Rather than, can you get up to the Newcastle office on Thursday. Then Plymouth on Friday.

The former sounding pretty good to me. The latter...A drag.
 
Travelling for work is almost always crap once the novelty wears off.

I'd go for number 3, also if you travel less you'll have more chance (and time) of seeing your child. I prefer working from an office, but also like working from home.
 
Oh, your thread has made me feel sooooo much better! I was offered a job today and apologised profusely for the fact that I have two more interviews to attend before I can make a decision... and I've spent the entire evening feeling horribly guilty but it is actually acceptable to think things over, right... :cool:

Er... I think you should choose depending on where you want to be. Does going to the US/France/Italy appeal - or would you rather work from home? They sound pretty diverse so I guess the area of work is less significant to you..? Obviously I am 21 and unemployed so should really not be paid any notice :) x
 
chainsaw cat said:
.. in that I'm holding 3 good job offers.

1. with a wind farm company, travel to mainland Europe, US and Ireland, 10k pay rise.

2. with a fashion firm, UK wide travel, France, Italy and 15k rise plus a car

3. with Government, dealing with hospital aquired infections, 7k pay rise plus home based.



All fantastic jobs. First two a bit ditzy really but then the money's good and I need a rise to pay for my imminent divorce and sad divorced bloke's crappy flat full of crumpled clothes and beer cans.


Given only the above, which is the bare bones but the decision cruxes, which would you do?
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For some reason, this feels like deja vu from about six months ago.
 
1 or 2 working in the public sector is more dissappointing and disheartening no matter what good intentions you have going in they will rape you of these by the time you leave ... it's actually as bad if not worse at being jobs for the boys...

so 1 i guess if you want to do the consious thing or 2 if you want the cash 3 is a nonstarter to me...
 
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