opinions on a work situation

rick_fantastic

hey guys,

looking for opinions on a offer just put on the table for me in work.......

work in IT for a waste management company (citrix admin/networking/general stuff) basically im just finished college there in may and have been working here since then on contract (contract finishes at xmas) getting good money on contract (circa 36k)

boss just offered me a full time permanent job and said that the company would pay for me to continue my education part time while working full time for them (ive applied for a MBS in smurfit and im pretty confident ill get it)

the full time job includes phone, laptop and company car if i want it although i already have a car and im making good cash on milage.

said id have to take a cut in money from the contract money more than likely. prob down to 30ish

i had planned on working here til xmas and then heading off travelling for a while then doing the mbs next september funded by myself...

does anybody think id me mad to pass it up??? im pretty much undecided at the minute...

Hellm0

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....a quick view of the page source brought that one up. Real cool signiture....

In short, dont do it. If you want to go travelling my advice is work your a$$ off doing contracts for a while so as to build up the funds. Taking a full time position means your commiting to a career, you'll have to stay with the company for at least another year to use them on your CV and not have odd questions asked in interviews.
That said, 30k + company car etc isnt bad for a first time position, if your happy in the job and dont mind putting off travelling I'de stick it out and get the experiance in, it will work to your benefit in a few years.

chump

Hellm0 wrote:

In short, dont do it. If you want to go travelling my advice is work your a$$ off doing contracts for a while so as to build up the funds. Taking a full time position means your commiting to a career, you'll have to stay with the company for at least another year to use them on your CV and not have odd questions asked in interviews.
That said, 30k + company car etc isnt bad for a first time position, if your happy in the job and dont mind putting off travelling I'de stick it out and get the experiance in, it will work to your benefit in a few years.

AGree with this.
Go with your original plan - I would.

Congrats on being a fiarly desireable employee tho, always nice to be wanted

DublinWriter

Hellm0 wrote:

In short, dont do it. If you want to go travelling my advice is work your a$$ off doing contracts for a while so as to build up the funds.

Being a contractor for the past 8 years myself, my advice is to take the job.

Why? Early in your career full time-employers will fund your development. Remember when you go contracting, you really won't expand your skillbase that much - people will want you to do a specific task in a specific version of a product for a specific length of time.

Contracting too early in an I.T. career is professional long-term suicide IMHO.

The Hill Billy

I've been contracting almost 10 year now & agree 100% with DublinWriter.

I'd have offered more advice but I couldn't be bothered after seeing the homophobic comment in your sig.

MonkeyWrench

I think you would be foolish to pass up the oppurtunity to take the job and the prospect of the company funding your courses. It sounds like you are in a much better position than most graduates who are 1) finding it difficult to get a good job and b) not paid as much as you mentioned in the original post when they eventually do find a job. If I were you I would work for a couple of years, get the experience and training and try to save as much money as you can for going off travelling. You will be in a much better position for the future then and you will have more money to do the type of travelling you want to do.

FlutterinBantam

Hill Billy wrote:

I've been contracting almost 10 year now & agree 100% with DublinWriter.

I'd have offered more advice but I couldn't be bothered after seeing the homophobic comment in your sig.

Who are you... Bill McKinney...Cowboy????

smarty

Hill Billy wrote:

I'd have offered more advice but I couldn't be bothered after seeing the homophobic comment in your sig.

I don't think that is a homophobic comment. Apparently "gay" has been redefined and now means rubbish and need not be offensive to homosexuals.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2212170,00.html

I think it is one of the funniest signatures I have seen on boards.

DublinWriter

smarty wrote:

I think it is one of the funniest signatures I have seen on boards.

Without sounding like an undercover member of the PC-Police, it's not big and it's not clever.

It's use as an adjective of offence (especially spelt 'ghey') normally suggests to me that the poster is just starting to outgrow his Holy Confirmation suit.

PCRed

I'd stay in the job to get the courses paid for man.

As for the gay thing, what is the big deal. I'd say the gays don't mind, it's probably some square giving out that's so PC he/she cant even fart in public.

Kids use gay as a rubbish term and grown ups are getting annoyed here. Mad.

Anyway, the word gay has been hijacked, it used to mean happy and now it means Homosexual, why cant it change again to be rubbish? Just a thought.

Hellm0

Just to get this straight I was pointing out that I COULD see the sig, not that I care about the gay comment. The term really has been completely re-defined, its less of an insult to gay people as it is just a general insult these days.
Also, rules laid down by the good people at boards aside, the internet being pretty much the only free media I think it's best if maybe people didnt take one word so seriously. Its one thing to dedicate an entire website to the hatred of gays, but just using a tired slur is kind of innocuous.
and in all reality, it was quite funny