Spikeee
3rd Jul 2004, 10:02
I am in a bit of a dilemma at the moment and it would be greatly appreciated if you could offer me your views:
Since my A-levels I’ve been working for a company for 9 months, the salary I am on is appalling given the amount of work I do, so I applied for another job and was successful.
I let my present employer know last week who then made an offer to match everything the other company offer if I would stay.
I am not particularly enjoying the job at the moment so I told him I would think about it. Later that day the director from the department across the office offered me a job with them, which would actually be interesting work.
Anyway, this is going far more long winded than I intended! (Sorry)
Each job offers the same pay (at present) and both want to send me on a degree this September. I am not happy in the job I am doing at the moment so I have ruled that one out but the other 2 I am finding it very hard to decide.
The job in the new company offers more responsibility, better conditions and is close to the flying school. Although, overall I will not earn as much (in the long run) as I would with the company I am with at the moment. I do not want to stay in the job as I want to be a pilot; this is merely a trade to fall back on and an opportunity to obtain a degree.
Also, I hardly ever get a chance to fly anymore, but with this new company I would be able to quite frequently. The amount I would learn is greatly less in this job than in the other and my work load would be significantly less to the point where my present employer said I would be very bored. But I am wondering whether this time could be used well, to work towards the degree as I hear it is hard to juggle full time work and a degree.
This probably sounds like I am swaying towards the new company, which is true. My main concern is that the new job is for a local authority that will not have as good a reputation as my present company on my CV. This is concerning me as what would an airline think?
I told my present employer that I would let them know on Monday, so to give them as much notice as possible. I haven’t made the decision yet as the work in the other department is very interesting and I get on with everyone. If becoming a pilot did (god forbid) fall through working for my present company would stand me better within this industry.
I’ve just realised how unspecific I have been above so: if I stay with the company in the new department; it would be a Technician in Highway Design and with the local authority, Technician in Accident Investigation.
Also, the company I am with at the moment knows that I want to become a pilot and if the opportunity arose straight after the degree I would take it. The local authority doesn’t know this but part of the conditions states that if I left during the degree or 12months after I would have the pay the last 12months fees.
Apologies if there are any contradictions, grammatical / spelling errors but I haven’t had chance to re-read, I have to get to the post office before it closes!
If you could just provide me with your views it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Spike
Since my A-levels I’ve been working for a company for 9 months, the salary I am on is appalling given the amount of work I do, so I applied for another job and was successful.
I let my present employer know last week who then made an offer to match everything the other company offer if I would stay.
I am not particularly enjoying the job at the moment so I told him I would think about it. Later that day the director from the department across the office offered me a job with them, which would actually be interesting work.
Anyway, this is going far more long winded than I intended! (Sorry)
Each job offers the same pay (at present) and both want to send me on a degree this September. I am not happy in the job I am doing at the moment so I have ruled that one out but the other 2 I am finding it very hard to decide.
The job in the new company offers more responsibility, better conditions and is close to the flying school. Although, overall I will not earn as much (in the long run) as I would with the company I am with at the moment. I do not want to stay in the job as I want to be a pilot; this is merely a trade to fall back on and an opportunity to obtain a degree.
Also, I hardly ever get a chance to fly anymore, but with this new company I would be able to quite frequently. The amount I would learn is greatly less in this job than in the other and my work load would be significantly less to the point where my present employer said I would be very bored. But I am wondering whether this time could be used well, to work towards the degree as I hear it is hard to juggle full time work and a degree.
This probably sounds like I am swaying towards the new company, which is true. My main concern is that the new job is for a local authority that will not have as good a reputation as my present company on my CV. This is concerning me as what would an airline think?
I told my present employer that I would let them know on Monday, so to give them as much notice as possible. I haven’t made the decision yet as the work in the other department is very interesting and I get on with everyone. If becoming a pilot did (god forbid) fall through working for my present company would stand me better within this industry.
I’ve just realised how unspecific I have been above so: if I stay with the company in the new department; it would be a Technician in Highway Design and with the local authority, Technician in Accident Investigation.
Also, the company I am with at the moment knows that I want to become a pilot and if the opportunity arose straight after the degree I would take it. The local authority doesn’t know this but part of the conditions states that if I left during the degree or 12months after I would have the pay the last 12months fees.
Apologies if there are any contradictions, grammatical / spelling errors but I haven’t had chance to re-read, I have to get to the post office before it closes!
If you could just provide me with your views it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Spike