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What would you do? Re: Job
Firstly, I am glad I have a job right now. That being said, I still hate it. At the core I like what I do and the one coworker work mainly with, but the surrounding co-irkers and ridiculousness around me is taking it's toll. (Like I cry before I go to bed at night because I know when I wake up I have to go to this job.)
Just an example of the crazy: We are assigned pen colors based on our job title. There are things way worse, but the assigned pen color is just the tip of the iceberg named "Really?".
Soooo, this brings me to my current dilemma. A recruiter wants to submit me for a job. It pays more, it's a way into a bigger established company, and there is actual paid over-time (not like here where 60 hour weeks are verging on typical with no compensation of time-off or pay to balance it).
The catch - it's 1.5 hours each way in New Jersey and is a 2 year contract.
Part of me wants to be submitted just to see where it goes because I don't want to turn down an opportunity in this kind of economic climate. But I also don't want to jump ship on my current gig out of pure desperation.
Thoughts? Advice? TIA!
Re: What would you do? Re: Job
I was going to say the same thing. I remember you posting before about how much you hate your job. I'm really sorry. I know how much a crappy job can affect the rest of your life. Good luck with your decision!
I wouldn't go for it because of the travel time, but that's only because I work eight part-time jobs (ok two).
but a longer commute might be a small catch to an even better opportunity (and less annoying-ness), so if you can go ahead with it if just to get more info lik PPs said, do it!
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If you can look into it further without committing, what do you have to lose?
I agree with Kitty about the travel time (a 40 minute commute each way drove me crazy), but if you're willing to deal with that (books on tape/CD are wonderful!), why not look into it?
I agree with PPs. Having had an internship where I would cry at night, and cry on my way to work, just knowing what was in store for me every day, I totally know where you are coming from. Thankfully for me, it was a 4-month internship so I had a concrete ending point to look forward to.
My commute to that internship was close to 2 hours (45 minutes to the train station, and hour and 10 minutes on the train into Philly, and a 10 minute walk to the hospital). When the job was good, for the first 4-5 weeks or so, the commute was totally worth it. As PP said, I loaded books onto my iPod and used the commute as my "unwind" time.
Sorry this is so long, but in conclusion, I say go for it. There are few things I can think of than being totally miserable at a job, and when a job is worth it, you can make the commute work. In the end, though, you and DH have to make the right decision for you two in your life/needs right now.
Good luck!!
I would say go for it...maybe they have a telecommuting option that they didn't advertise in the job posting?
I've had the experience of working at a company where I hated my job. I got to the point where I just couldn't take it anymore. I ended up leaving and taking a pay cut, but it was soooo worth it for my mental health...I love what I do now and the company I work for and my some of my co-workers are like an extended family.