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To leave my stable permanent job with good pension for flexible part time working with no commute

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muddiecuddles · 30/04/2019 12:09

In the medical field. I'm going back after maternity leave part time but will retain many of the benefits of it being a permanent post. Main downsides are that I don't particularly like the job, have stagnated in it somewhAt, and the commute is dire, an hour either way. Staying in it would tie us to expensive childcare for years due to commute and lack of flexibility.

Alternative job is very flexible, part time, with the scope to increase earnings the more I work. In the private healthcare sector. No contract or permanency. Would allow me to do the school runs and cut down our childcare bills massively especially in coming years. More pleasant place to work. And literally 5 minutes from home.

So conflicted... and need to decide as soon as possible. Thoughts?

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HebeMumsnet · 30/04/2019 13:08

I'd go for the new job, OP. If it didn't work out at least you'd have more breathing room to look around for something else. The old job sounds really full on and, working full-time, with that commute, and all the 'life' and family stuff to do around it, you'd never have the time to look for anything else.

I think in general you only tend to regret the opportunities you don't take, rather than the ones you do. Something positive nearly always comes from something new, even if it's not quite what you expected.

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