O/T JOB DILEMMA : Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:24 am  

Hi guys need some advise please.
Currently working for a salary of 15-16k. for a 43 hour week this includes weekends, evenings bank holidays. Get a company car. Im fairly happy with this job, but starting to get pressured and stressed.
Applied for a new job where the salary is 22k.Days, no weekends or nights. Im down to final interview after passing aptitude test and telephone interview.
My dilemma is if I get the job whether to accept or not.
My partner keeps telling me the grass isn`t always greener etc.
Has anyone had a decision to make similar and what you do in my position should I get the job.

Cheers

Re: O/T JOB DILEMMA : Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:42 am  

Do what you think is right. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Re: O/T JOB DILEMMA : Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:47 am  

My gut is telling me to go for the new job. I suppose a 7 grand pay increase justifies this, but as Ken Dodd once said, Happiness is the greatest gift.

Re: O/T JOB DILEMMA : Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:52 am  

You are not in a dilemma as you haven't got the job yet. Put all these daft thoughts behind you and put all your efforts into passing the final interview and then make your mind up. My view is that what amounts to better working conditions and a 33% pay increase should not be sniffed at.

Re: O/T JOB DILEMMA : Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:54 am  

You don't say whether the new job has more/less hours or holidays and also what happens about the company car. If you have a bonus scheme & get pension contributions from your current employer you will need to compare this to the new employer's offer.

If all of these factors compare equally or better in the new role then (if offered) I would take the new job (after all there aren't many 40ish% pay rises that are being made available right now).

As for the "grass is always greener" argument, I would just say that you get out of life what you are prepared to put into it.

Good luck with the last stage and if you do get the offer just do what feels right for you.

Re: O/T JOB DILEMMA : Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:35 am  

I'm a risk taker, i'd go for it mate. If you don't get it you'll not have lost out anyway.

Good luck.

Re: O/T JOB DILEMMA : Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:48 am  

It's a risk, but it's rare that anything good happens without some degree of uncertainty. If you weren't ready for a change, you wouldn't have come as far as you have down the line of looking for a new job. I say go for it. Better to regret something that didn't work out as you'd hoped, than to look back at a missed opportunity and think "what if?".

Re: O/T JOB DILEMMA : Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:03 am  

When I gave up my company car, according to the Revenue figures I was £4300 out of pocket, I was therefore compensated this sum by my employer, you can easily check the notational value of the company car (with or without fuel provided) on the HM Revenue web site.

I suspect that even if you are driving a Merc you will still benefit financially from the move so if that is your motivation for applying for the job then go for it - only you can answer whether its something you actually want to do as a self improvement exercise.

Re: O/T JOB DILEMMA : Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:51 am  

Go with your gut instinct. Do you want this job, or not? Do you think you'll be happy?

If the answer is yes, accept it and make the most of it.

Now - this is important. Don't burn your bridges with your current employer, and most of all be honest. Go back to your current employer and resign gracefully, telling them face to face that you've enjoyed working there, and giving honest reasons why you've resigned. If it's about money, say so. Make sure you thank them for the past however long you've been there, and work your notice conscientiously. One of two things will happen - they will offer to increase your salary in order to keep you, or you leave on good terms, hopefully leaving the door open for your return should your new job not work out.

A lot of employees expect their employers to kick off if you hand your notice in, when the reality is they expect it every so often and are used to it. So, be nice about it, and you'll probably find they're nice back. It's when an employee is an ar5e about leaving that employers end up being funny with you.

Re: O/T JOB DILEMMA : Sat Dec 03, 2011 12:00 pm  

ROBINSON wrote:

Go with your gut instinct. Do you want this job, or not? Do you think you'll be happy?

If the answer is yes, accept it and make the most of it.

Now - this is important. Don't burn your bridges with your current employer, and most of all be honest. Go back to your current employer and resign gracefully, telling them face to face that you've enjoyed working there, and giving honest reasons why you've resigned. If it's about money, say so. Make sure you thank them for the past however long you've been there, and work your notice conscientiously. One of two things will happen - they will offer to increase your salary in order to keep you, or you leave on good terms, hopefully leaving the door open for your return should your new job not work out.

A lot of employees expect their employers to kick off if you hand your notice in, when the reality is they expect it every so often and are used to it. So, be nice about it, and you'll probably find they're nice back. It's when an employee is an ar5e about leaving that employers end up being funny with you.

not always true, I know of people who have gone in to resign and been perfectly happy to work their notice, when the boss finds out they're moving to a bigger/better company they throw a hissy fit and march them off the premises.

it's hard to answer the o/p, on the face of it for £6k and no weekends I'd be gone like a shot, especially when it's a 33% raise.