I'm really sorry, posting here for traffic as I desperately need some opinions!
Current role is call centre based, finance, great company who are flexible with hours and I'm able to do 2 long days (1 is a Saturday). I don't see any career progression in a call centre but would like to move to a customer facing role.
I returned to my job on a part time basis after maternity with my second child, I've been back about 6 months now. The plan was to stay in my current role and hours until she was 3 and qualified for 30 free hours before looking for something new. But at work we are never really busy like we were before I went on maternity, I have been taken out one of the phone lines which has halfed my work load and there is only so much colouring in I can do between calls! I'm getting frustrated because I want to take on a new challenge and think about my own career.
Even though the plan is to stay for a further 18 months I browse job websites occasionally just to see what is out there and found an admin/secretary job with a company that sound amazing! I applied not thinking I would stand a chance as I don't have any experience, was invited to complete a written assessment and have an interview on Thursday.
After crunching the numbers I am torn about whether to go ahead with the interview.
Pros:
-Customer faced role not call centre based
-Company sound amazing, they seem to really care about their staff and their job advert was so different to what I normally see
- More holiday, close for 2 weeks over Christmas (I have never had a job that is closed for Christmas!)
-Gain experience in admin which I think would be really valuable
-Work Monday, Tuesday and one other weekday I am allowed to pick so I would get my Saturday back and more time to spend with older DD
Cons:
-When working out the monthly wage although it is higher and more hours, due to childcare costs tripling we would only be slightly better off financially. We get help with tax credits but I fear the calculator is always too generous and when we switch to universal credit we will be worse off. (This will be for the next 18 months until DD turns 3 and then the 30 free hours will hopefully help!)
-I'm worried that I will be crap at the job!
-slightly longer commute with higher transport costs
-kids will be in full childcare from 7:30 until 6pm 3 days a week, long days for them and stressful morning routine which at the moment we only have to do once a week. There is a chance we could ask my partners sister to babysit one day a week but I have been reluctant to rely on family for fixed childcare due to various problems that can cause (and she already does so much for us already!)
Basically I need to decide whether I should still go for the interview if I'm having doubts about the job. If by some miracle they made me a job offer, I would be torn about accepting due mainly to the financial aspect. With this new job and us potentially being worse off I'm having serious doubts as we already struggle financially. I'm worried if I did get a job offer it would then look unprofessional if I turned it down. I don't want to waste their time.
But at the same time it could be an amazing new step, we could suck it up for the next 18 months until free hours kick in and then be more comfortable.
It's pretty much the right job at the wrong time, so please wise mumsnetter, any guidance for my ramblings? 