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Alright guys, I've recently pursued and gotten a very nice offer for a new job. However, since the start, I have had some reservations about the position. And, to be fair, I've been upfront with them about that. So I've been on the fence. After much consideration, though, I'm leaning towards turning it down and staying where I am.
Give me your opinions - am I an idiot if I turn it down or not? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/help.gif[/img]
Pros:
- Significantly higher profile job, including a promotion.
- More money, around a 20% raise to start.
- Some new challenging work I haven't dealt with before.
- New organization.
- Working with some very good people - peers and up the chain of command. (I've worked with them before.)
- More regular hours with less overtime. i.e., More time with my family. (...Averaging it out through a year, my current typical day is probably 10 or more hours. [img]/images/graemlins/eyes.gif[/img])
- No longer having to work under my current immediate supervisor, who's a complete PITA that creates a hostile, stressful work environment. Bad mojo here - it's a personality thing.
- Other factors in my current work environment have gone downhill in the past couple of years, too.
Cons:
- A lot less job security. Impossible to predict, but I could easily be out of a job in a couple of years. A risk.
- They are changing some factors in the job to make it even more higher profile than it is now. Read: perceived as more political.
- The position was more attractive to me a couple of years ago, when it included some functions that would've been cool and new learning experiences to me. Those have since gone to other people / areas, though.
- Although there will be some new challenges, in other areas the new job has the potential get somewhat boring with time.
- Some of the staff that would be working under me are not the sharpest knives in the drawer. And some have a reputation for being downright difficult to deal with. (i.e., Trading a difficult supervisor for a difficult subordinate?)
- I'm fairly well paid already. So, while the promotion and more pay would be very nice, quite frankly they are not much of a motivating factor at all. (I'm not "rich" by any means, but we're very comfortable right now.)
- My wife's career. She's just as much a "breadwinner" for our family as me. But the writing is on the wall: her company has slowly been moving more and more staff out of our area. Our expectation is that she'll be out of a job sometime in the next couple of years, and seeking new employment. Not a good combination with less job security for me, too.
- With the exception of my immediate supervisor, I like most everyone else I currently work with. And I enjoy the types of things I work on.
- I have a lot of opportunities in my current position that wouldn't be as good in the new one. First, cool new things to work on. Second, greater outside contacts, which helps for more job opportunities down the road.
WWYD? [img]/images/graemlins/help.gif[/img]
Give me your opinions - am I an idiot if I turn it down or not? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/help.gif[/img]
Pros:
- Significantly higher profile job, including a promotion.
- More money, around a 20% raise to start.
- Some new challenging work I haven't dealt with before.
- New organization.
- Working with some very good people - peers and up the chain of command. (I've worked with them before.)
- More regular hours with less overtime. i.e., More time with my family. (...Averaging it out through a year, my current typical day is probably 10 or more hours. [img]/images/graemlins/eyes.gif[/img])
- No longer having to work under my current immediate supervisor, who's a complete PITA that creates a hostile, stressful work environment. Bad mojo here - it's a personality thing.
- Other factors in my current work environment have gone downhill in the past couple of years, too.
Cons:
- A lot less job security. Impossible to predict, but I could easily be out of a job in a couple of years. A risk.
- They are changing some factors in the job to make it even more higher profile than it is now. Read: perceived as more political.
- The position was more attractive to me a couple of years ago, when it included some functions that would've been cool and new learning experiences to me. Those have since gone to other people / areas, though.
- Although there will be some new challenges, in other areas the new job has the potential get somewhat boring with time.
- Some of the staff that would be working under me are not the sharpest knives in the drawer. And some have a reputation for being downright difficult to deal with. (i.e., Trading a difficult supervisor for a difficult subordinate?)
- I'm fairly well paid already. So, while the promotion and more pay would be very nice, quite frankly they are not much of a motivating factor at all. (I'm not "rich" by any means, but we're very comfortable right now.)
- My wife's career. She's just as much a "breadwinner" for our family as me. But the writing is on the wall: her company has slowly been moving more and more staff out of our area. Our expectation is that she'll be out of a job sometime in the next couple of years, and seeking new employment. Not a good combination with less job security for me, too.
- With the exception of my immediate supervisor, I like most everyone else I currently work with. And I enjoy the types of things I work on.
- I have a lot of opportunities in my current position that wouldn't be as good in the new one. First, cool new things to work on. Second, greater outside contacts, which helps for more job opportunities down the road.
WWYD? [img]/images/graemlins/help.gif[/img]
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