I work 3 days a week at a small training consultancy. Good location, pleasant colleagues, OK clients, interesting work. The only problem is that I feel that I am not getting anywhere professionally. My boss, who owns the company, has a very happy busy life with many interests and is increasingly not at work and not up to date with what we are doing. There is no leadership or direction and massive delays on decisions. It would be fine if she would delegate authority but she will not do this, so we are all frequently frustrated. There is no professional development and requests for conference attendance (which we need in our field) are shelved until it is too late. The whole culture of the place is about being "nice" and not raising anything that is difficult.
I have applied for another job at a large corporate and have an interview next week. The position would be 4 days a week, would involve a small amount of international travel and appears as if it would be professionally rewarding and challenging.Much faster pace that what I am doing and much more meaty projects.
My concern is how to manage it all. My DCs are 12 and 9 and go to different schools which are in really difficult locations and require driving in different directions. Mad, but after some false starts they are each in a school which really suits them. DD has had problems this year with anxiety and is quite clingy to me. DH is an academic and has some flexibility but at the moment I feel overwhelmed by our schedules. To add to the mix we each have an ageing mother with health problems and I feel as if my house is always a disaster zone.
So, given this context, would I be insane to take on more pressure with a new job or would the professional satisfaction outweigh the increased chaos?