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Job V Career

  • 11-12-2014 4:01pm
    #1
    dum de dum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭


    So I am just looking for some opinions really on my current situation. I'm in a job I love and have been for the past year, problem is its a contract role and I took a massive drop in salary to work here. I only have a year left and while I think there will still be a job after this I have no guarantees my contract will be extended.

    My old company have approached me to come back. Same crazy stressful job, offering me slightly better money than I was on and same benefits I was on before. Now one of the major stresses of this job has changed but it is fundamentally the same job I hated when I left. If I go back I will be on over 10,000 more than my current job and basically have a permanent job but I'll prob hate it again in about 6 months.

    What I'm worried about is that my current job is going nowhere, there won't be any pay rises or I'll be out of a job when my contract ends! But I love what I do now!! Help!!!'


Comments

  • #2
    djr15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭djr15


    A nice position to be in, my current contract almost up and nothing lined up yet.
    The fact you are raising the question leads me to believe you are tempted by the offer and who wouldn't be in fairness. Personally 10,000 seems like a lot of money but I suppose it depends what end of the scale you are on. If you are considering leaving I suppose you could use your the offer to try either increase your current wages or generate a full-time contract. You have some leverage that you can use to find out what value the company you currently work for put on you.

    Personally I would take the offer of a permanent job ask for more money to begin with and if you hate it apply elsewhere.


  • #3
    Gongoozler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,263 ✭✭✭Gongoozler


    Unless you really need that extra money, which I doubt as you aren't saying about missing the money, I would advise that a job you love plus less stress makes for a much better employee and a nicer life for you.


  • #4
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,291 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    I was going to say "how old are you?" - but the real question is, what stage are you in your career? What's more important - growth opportunities? Permanenace? Stress-free lifestyle? Still happy to take the risk that you'll find something good in 12 months?

    Also - if you got the 10k increase, would it all be taxed at the top rate, ie effectively 51% from January? (I got a 9k increase a couple of years back, which sounds huge - until you see the actual difference in the hand after tax.)

    Personally I wouldn't go back if I was you, but I'm at a stage of being prepared to take lots of risk re the future, and preferring less stress. YMMV.


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