Been offered a good job

godtabh

but its not very straight forward.

Initially a 6 month position in a different city away from family but with the prospect of a permanent position.

The job is with one of the worlds biggest companies and it would be a relativity senior managers position reporting locally to a director and to an executive in the US.

I turned down the first offer as the money didn't make it financially worth. Recruiter as asked me to tell him what it would take me to take the job.

Very confused at the moment. The job would look fantastic on my cv.

Do people with young families do this and survive? I'd be in another city for 4 nights a week.

I would love to work for this company but I think the sacrifice maybe to much

kayos

Lots of people do this and survive.

How far away is the office from your home? If its sub 2 hours nothing stopping you going home one night a week. All depends on location. When I was working in Dublin I used to do this but when in Cork it was a bit much (home for me is Galway).

But if you have kids it does make things harder but if you can find out how the employer feels about remote working then you could get a day or two working from home to make things easier.

Tipperary animal lover

I know at least 6 lads who are working in the uk and come home as often as they can, my bother in law(3 kids) works in dublin gone at 6am Monday morning and back Friday at 7:30/8pm. You have to think of the long term it's in the best interest of your family!!

StillWaters

I agree that lots do it. Is there a possibility that your family could move to the new location if it works out?

How young is your family, does your partner work, is there lots of familial/friend support to give them a break?

boobar

godtabh wrote: »

but its not very straight forward.

Initially a 6 month position in a different city away from family but with the prospect of a permanent position.

The job is with one of the worlds biggest companies and it would be a relativity senior managers position reporting locally to a director and to an executive in the US.

I turned down the first offer as the money didn't make it financially worth. Recruiter as asked me to tell him what it would take me to take the job.

Very confused at the moment. The job would look fantastic on my cv.

Do people with young families do this and survive? I'd be in another city for 4 nights a week.

I would love to work for this company but I think the sacrifice maybe to much

One of my colleagues does it. He has 3 young kids. He says it's hard but he has to pull in a wage.

The boss is fairly understanding and lets him work up hours so that he can head early on Friday and come in late on a Monday. Monday and Tuesday he works late so that he can head home on a Wednesday evening.

He works from home the odd time as well.

Maybe once you settle in to the job, you could work up time, head early one day, work from home etc.

Mrs OBumble

It disturbs me that your original post said nothing about "I talked this over with my partner and s/he said .... ".

It's not us who you need to be talking to, IMHO.

godtabh

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

It disturbs me that your original post said nothing about "I talked this over with my partner and s/he said .... ".

It's not us who you need to be talking to, IMHO.

Who says I havent? Maybe feedback would help me make an informed choice

godtabh

I'm based on Cork. Job is in Dublin.

If there was something more permeant about the postion I think I would take it and we could all move up after the probation period finished but a contract postion is being offered and I'm not sure if its worth the short term pain if there isnt anything concrete at the end of it

RacoonQueen

Have you got a job at the moment? Would you be giving up a job to take up this new one?

Not sure I'd move for work and I haven't got a partner and kids, my sacrifice would be my hobbies - which I could do elsewhere, but, if you think that 6 months down the line if you get a permanent position the whole family might move well then why not give it a shot, if you're not giving something else up for it?

Would be worse to uproot everyone to Dublin and THEN find out it's not going to work out. You get to give the job a trial run as well to see if it is what you want, without any major disruptions to the people you love.

godtabh

I'm working currently.

Just turned down the job. Pity

A Primal Nut

godtabh wrote: »

I turned down the first offer as the money didn't make it financially worth. Recruiter as asked me to tell him what it would take me to take the job.

Maybe negotiate to get more annual leave or ability to work from home sometimes?

godtabh

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Maybe negotiate to get more annual leave or ability to work from home sometimes?

Recruiter said that asking for stuff like this at the start would reflect poorly on my. I already asked about working from home