I appreciate that some people are still looking for work, so this is not a boastful post, it is a genuine request for some advice, given many of you will have made some serious relocation mistakes that you regret, due to taking a job that was either too busy, or not busy enough for you.
I'm planning on moving back into permiedom, given I'm younger than the core demographic here, and do not fancy accepting the shocking rates available.
In choosing between a couple of given role offers, I am worried about making a mistake, such is life. I'm in my mid twenties.
I'll have to move away from my home city regardless, so I've already accepted that. Ideally I'd like to eventually buy a place in both the work city and home city, depending on how things pan out.
First job:
Aberdeen, oil&gas, small service company with main offices elsewhere in the world. Role seems basic compared to what I've been doing before, but certainly has room for change as the business expands. I like the fact it's not in the city centre of Aberdeen, so aesthetically life could be good, as I'm an outdoors sort of person. My worries? Small company, could be awkward if the very few people in the office turn out to be particularly irritating, entering into servicing infrastructure for the oil&gas industry could be career-limiting.
Second job:
Central England, telecommunications and associated services. The good: lot of scope to build up their infrastructure and data services, with assistance required for the business to acquire a data company in the near future. around £10k more money than first job plus car allowance. The bad: quite far from home city, could involve a lot of driving now and again, often away from home Monday to Friday, possibly in hotels in unattractive parts of various cities.
From a career point of view I'm erring towards the second job, but am fully aware that a work-balance is required in permiedom.
I should also mention, I know nobody in either city, so I suppose the drive from Aberdeen to my home city that takes half the time of that of the second position would be better in that respect.
I suppose I'm asking - as a single guy with little responsibility - if being solely office based in a nice location, for obviously less money, is better in the long run, than being a blue-arsed fly, getting into my home city late at night on a Friday, and leaving late on the Sunday. The latter job seems that it could be the sort of job that has the hours of a contractor, with additional pay, but one that may drive me to hate life after a half year of it, given I know nobody in the areas in which I would be working, which I believe over a long term can start to pick at your brain.
I'm planning on moving back into permiedom, given I'm younger than the core demographic here, and do not fancy accepting the shocking rates available.
In choosing between a couple of given role offers, I am worried about making a mistake, such is life. I'm in my mid twenties.
I'll have to move away from my home city regardless, so I've already accepted that. Ideally I'd like to eventually buy a place in both the work city and home city, depending on how things pan out.
First job:
Aberdeen, oil&gas, small service company with main offices elsewhere in the world. Role seems basic compared to what I've been doing before, but certainly has room for change as the business expands. I like the fact it's not in the city centre of Aberdeen, so aesthetically life could be good, as I'm an outdoors sort of person. My worries? Small company, could be awkward if the very few people in the office turn out to be particularly irritating, entering into servicing infrastructure for the oil&gas industry could be career-limiting.
Second job:
Central England, telecommunications and associated services. The good: lot of scope to build up their infrastructure and data services, with assistance required for the business to acquire a data company in the near future. around £10k more money than first job plus car allowance. The bad: quite far from home city, could involve a lot of driving now and again, often away from home Monday to Friday, possibly in hotels in unattractive parts of various cities.
From a career point of view I'm erring towards the second job, but am fully aware that a work-balance is required in permiedom.
I should also mention, I know nobody in either city, so I suppose the drive from Aberdeen to my home city that takes half the time of that of the second position would be better in that respect.
I suppose I'm asking - as a single guy with little responsibility - if being solely office based in a nice location, for obviously less money, is better in the long run, than being a blue-arsed fly, getting into my home city late at night on a Friday, and leaving late on the Sunday. The latter job seems that it could be the sort of job that has the hours of a contractor, with additional pay, but one that may drive me to hate life after a half year of it, given I know nobody in the areas in which I would be working, which I believe over a long term can start to pick at your brain.
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