What would you do about this work situation?

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The jobs are as follows

A) pay is low, role is senior, average commute, team is established and seems like a friendly workplace.

B) pay is equally low as B but within walking distance so no commute costs, role is not senior, fairly familiar with the company but neutral about it.

C) pay is higher than A and B but lower than D, literally 10 minute walk from door to door so no commute costs, role is not senior, company is a charity and seems like a great place to work.

D) highest pay but longest and most expensive commute (but still doable for me) and pay works out equivalent to C after commute costs, most senior role, company is established in another part of the country but this role will in a whole new location with new team.

I already accepted the job offer for role A as wanted to get back into work asap. Since then I now have interviews for the other 3. Should I stick it out at A as already accepted, or is it worth exploring the others? I have already started training for my new job and so far it has been plain sailing, but out of all four I am the worst off financially there. The pay works out about a pound more than minimum wage an hour after the NMW rise next month.

Keep looking, at the minute you have one offer. If another comes up then you have a choice.

C but you haven’t been offered it yet,!

Are they all the same industry? What is the reputation cost of you leaving job a just after they have trained you?

Do you want an exciting job or a practical one? Are you hoping to move up and move on or to stay in a comfortable role for a while?

What are your other commitments?

C

C

C

@artificialhells

Are they all the same industry? What is the reputation cost of you leaving job a just after they have trained you?

Do you want an exciting job or a practical one? Are you hoping to move up and move on or to stay in a comfortable role for a while?

What are your other commitments?

They're all in the same industry but each one is a different role within that. I don't think there is a reputation cost as such, just worried about how it will look on paper leaving so quickly and whether it's a bad thing to do morally.

I do want to move up in my career but I'm also concerned about money and living costs right now.

I have a toddler but I can sort childcare around whatever I end up doing, my partner works agency so can fit things around me.

Also I know I haven't got all those offers right now, but just weighing up my options now and feeling so much guilt about accepting a job offer so quickly!

c

Everyone else has said C but I personally would not work for a charity.

I would stick with A but keep looking.

@LaraDeSalle

Everyone else has said C but I personally would not work for a charity.

I would stick with A but keep looking.

Have you got a negative experience working for a charity? I'm curious about the downsides.

C

If you're only in job A for a short space of time, and applied for the other roles before/ as you started then there's no reason for it to figure on your cv in the long term, is there? Don't let that become an issue in the decision process.

C sounds good

C
B
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D

Can't buy back time away from family

I'd go for D, or second choice C.
It's not just pay and commute to consider. Being more senior will lead to more opportunities going forward. Also consider what flexible working options are offered, what are the pension contributions, what additional perks does each employer offer.

I’d go for D too.

A is supposedly a senior role but with pay that works out to less than minimum wage? You owe them nothing.

Keep exploring jobs and when you get a good offer, take it. Or Take C for now if they offer it and see if there is room to progress within the organization. If not, move on when the opportunity arises.

@Midlifemusings

A is supposedly a senior role but with pay that works out to less than minimum wage? You owe them nothing.

Keep exploring jobs and when you get a good offer, take it. Or Take C for now if they offer it and see if there is room to progress within the organization. If not, move on when the opportunity arises.

It's about £1 more than minimum wage, it works out to something like £10.50 an hour, so not below minimum wage. But yes, it's still really low for a senior role!

It's not really a 'senior role' where industry reputation is important if it's only just above NMW though, is it?

Many basic jobs if the kind that are always available without qualifications pay that, or more now and employers still can't get enough staff to work for them. Not downplaying the value of those types of jobs, but if you have the hassle of a senior role that presumably comes with responsibility and/management of people, plus the time and expense of the unspecified 'average commute' you should expect to earn significantly more than NMW.

Definitely keep going for the others, C and B at least both sound better than A.

I don't know why you are feeling guilty to keep looking for a role that pays better. You are looking for a job, one has come at you whilst you are looking for a job that meets your criteria.

C