Dublin @ 35K Vs Cork @ 30K??????

Energizeer

I recently got offered a job in Cork at 30k. A few days after this I secured a job in Dublin at 35k.
What should I take? I'm from Cork and love it to bits. Dublin is a city which I can just about tollerate if I'm there for a concert or something like that. I can't stand the accent of the more nackery Dublin ppl who I have had the joy of meeting on every luas or train. But the people and the job there are grand out.
At the end of the day the 2 jobs seem equally good. The main difference is the one in dublin is 5k more.
What would you do?
If you are a cork person who has gone to Dublin for work do let me know what it's like compaired to cork?
Thx

return guide

Is this not a no brainer. You are cosidering going to work in a city you dont like , to mingle with people you dont, like for 10 euro a week gross.

methinks there is something your not telling us.

cronos

return guide wrote: »

Is this not a no brainer. You are cosidering going to work in a city you dont like , to mingle with people you dont, like for 10 euro a week gross.

methinks there is something your not telling us.

i may be wrong but I think your maths is off there. Prob by accident. 52 weeks * 10 euro = 520 euro gross but what he will get to work in dublin is 52 weeks * 100 euros which will give him the extra 5k per year.

But money doesnt make up for hating living somewhere as you will spend alot of money traveling from Dublin to Cork. You have to take into account hidden expences such as extra cost of rent... commuter time.. etc

If the jobs give you the same prospects in the long term then go to cork

leeroybrown

Ask yourself how much extra that 5K really gets you by the time you've spent money to make sure you have a similar quality of life. I doubt you'd have much left so it's not really a bigger pay cheque.

If the jobs are equally good and the career prospects are equally good then I'd suggest that it makes sense to live where you like living given the minimal difference.

AARRRGH

Energizeer wrote: »

I recently got offered a job in Cork at 30k. A few days after this I secured a job in Dublin at 35k.
What should I take? I'm from Cork and love it to bits. Dublin is a city which I can just about tollerate if I'm there for a concert or something like that. I can't stand the accent of the more nackery Dublin ppl who I have had the joy of meeting on every luas or train. But the people and the job there are grand out.
At the end of the day the 2 jobs seem equally good. The main difference is the one in dublin is 5k more.
What would you do?
If you are a cork person who has gone to Dublin for work do let me know what it's like compaired to cork?
Thx

If you have no debt, and can live within your means, you have no reason to take the Dublin job.

Red Hand

I moved from the south up to Dublin and tolerated it for a year. Moved back down south last year and secured a job in Cork. I found that there is alot of stuff to do in Dublin, but it gets bloody confining if you are from the countryside like me. Trying to get in and out of it is an ordeal.

I'd go for the lower paid job in Cork given the choice.

Supercell

Cork girls have the sexiest accents in the world, thus the men they marry must be of superior stock.

Cork is a bit more rainy and it never snows properly there...

Hmmm

Dublin wins.

Cork girls in Dublin

neil_hosey

personally if i had that choice in front of me, i wouldnt have to post here to know the answer, definately cork. And this is coming from a dub!!!

Ive been thinkin of west waterford as somewhere to look at living, would give my right arm to have a choice like that... and the choice would be cork on any day of the week. Actually maybe my left arm.

Kavinsky

I think the Dublin job reflects the cost of living in Dublin more. It seems everything is more expensive here than in other parts of the country. So the €5k extra would probably be consumed with higher rent/added living expenses/etc from living in the big D. Hey. That's just my opinion take it or leave it :pac:

FutureGuy

You will probably have less spending power in Dublin. Besides that, your quality of like will probably suffer if you move there (commuting), especially since you can barely tolerate the city in the first place.

You will be much happier on 30K in Cork.:)

Energizeer

Very valid points guys, Now tho I've just heard that I'm actually getting 38 in dublin and a little less in Cork. That's a gap of nearly 10k. And if I'm honest with myself the Dublin job would have a lot more future potential then what I'm getting in Cork. I think it's time for me to flip a coin :rolleyes:

portomar

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

I moved from the south up to Dublin and tolerated it for a year. Moved back down south last year and secured a job in Cork. I found that there is alot of stuff to do in Dublin, but it gets bloody confining if you are from the countryside like me. Trying to get in and out of it is an ordeal.

I'd go for the lower paid job in Cork given the choice.

By this statement im reading you lived in lusk, rush, stillorgan or some equally godless, lifeless suburb rather than dublin city? a couple of people have raised this point and this tells me more bout where you chose to live within a city rather than which city, can make much more of an impact on quality of life. i hate it that its just a given that dublin re3quires commuting, it doesn't, and neither does cork or any other city. working in dublin and living in donabate makes about as much sense as working in manhattan and lving in conneticut.

sounds like you wanna stay in cork so try your best to do that but, as you say if its better for your career, make the move and try it for a year.

Little-Devil

Energizeer wrote: »

I recently got offered a job in Cork at 30k. A few days after this I secured a job in Dublin at 35k.
What should I take? I'm from Cork and love it to bits. Dublin is a city which I can just about tollerate if I'm there for a concert or something like that. I can't stand the accent of the more nackery Dublin ppl who I have had the joy of meeting on every luas or train.

For me a no Brainer as well, you just summed up how you feel about Dublin. The difference in wages is a bit but if you consider the cost of living in Dublin & Cork you wont notice it much.

I say pack your bags and move home.

who_ru

funny that this post pops up now,

i'm moving to dublin from cork the first week of june, i'll be working near blanchhardstown.

i have never lived in dublin before but i'm looking on the bright side, the job will be a very good experience and i know i will learn a lot, pay is good also, i know the cost of living is a little more expensive with regard to rentals and social life, but all other costs are the same, (ie) petrol, electricity, phone, tv, gas etc etc.

it will be a learning curve. i see some guys/girls that have never ever left cork city/county and some are of course very happy and would never move but others are bored, bored of the same thing/faces/routine......it's horses for courses and you should know yourself if you are going to be clearly unhappy living in dublin then you would be foolish moving for the sake of money as that in itself will never make you happy.

leeroybrown

Energizeer wrote: »

Very valid points guys, Now tho I've just heard that I'm actually getting 38 in dublin and a little less in Cork. That's a gap of nearly 10k. And if I'm honest with myself the Dublin job would have a lot more future potential then what I'm getting in Cork. I think it's time for me to flip a coin :rolleyes:

With nearly 10k more and better potential it becomes a much more difficult decision in one way but easier in another. I'd say that if you could settle in Dublin for a few years you'd be better off making the move from a long term career point of view.