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Job Confusion

  • 25-04-2015 4:50pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
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    Hi, I'm a regular poster but going anon for this just in case. Last year I was made redundant but I was very lucky and was offered the first job I was interviewed for. Fast forward a year and I hate this job. It's incredibly stressful to the point I feel sick going into work every morning, I never know what I can expect to do that day because it depends on what other people in the company submit and it's also boring.

    I've started applying for other jobs and had a few interviews in the last week but these jobs would be slightly below in salary and benefits than my current job and I'm the main wage earner in my relationship. I know we could manage fine now but we want to have a family and plan on starting to try for a baby in the second half of this year.

    Which brings me to the second part of my confusion. My current company pays full wages for the 6 months of maternity and if I moved companies I might by losing this and it's not something you can really ask in an interview or when they offer the job. Also moving jobs and the potentially getting pregnant in 6 months seems like pretty cheeky thing to do.

    Finally, there is a potential new role coming up in my department which my manager seems to be hinting I'm very much in the running for. I will still be doing my current job for some of the time and then a more supervisory role the rest of the time. I'm not sure I will really enjoy that either but it would be better than what I'm doing now.

    So, I don't know what the best thing to do is. Accept to stay where I am and just wait it out until I hopefully get pregnant and can go an maternity leave? Find another job an risk losing out on the benefits side? Any advise would be welcome for a fresh perspective.

    I should add my husband hasn't really given his view. He has said wait and see if you actually get offered and job first and we can think about the options then but I'm not a wait and see kind of person. I need a plan!


Comments

  • #2
    blatantrereg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,743 ✭✭✭blatantrereg


    I stuck out a job that was stressing me out too much for too long. Then it got a bit much and I just took the next thing I saw to leave it. That wasn't ideal. It's not a good idea to continue in a situation that is causing such distress. It can cause all sorts of problems.

    Have you looked at anything you could do to make your situation less stressful? I've found logging out of email and turning my phone off outside set times to be wonderful in terms of managing stress. If you need to be immediately contactible that particular approach wouldn't be suitable, but it's an example of improving ability to manage stress etc... I think a lot of it come down to being able to assert boundaries effectively.

    I think your husband is right with regard to the potential new job in the same company. Just take things one at a time. That is something that may or may not be on the horizon - not something to worry about immediately.


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