I have always stayed in a job for a fairly long time before moving on, I was 3 years in my last permanent post, but have been in jobs for 10 years before that.
I resigned from that post and got another through an agency which was temporary, but they hoped to recruit to it permanently after about 6 months. That didn’t happen and my post ‘disappeared’.
I got another, which looked like it might really be my dream job in a sector that really fits in with my interests. Again it was temporary for a number of months and then looking to be made permanent. I started a week ago. It’s been fine, if a bit frustrating as due to various reasons I don’t have access to their systems yet, and there’s not much I can do without it. There’s quite a long commute attached (90 mins each way) which I was happy to do and understood before I took the job.
However, yesterday I got an email from another recruiter wanting to speak to me about another post. Out of nosiness I replied, and agreed to a chat about the job. They’ve phoned this morning, and while it’s not in an industry I know much about or have much interest in, it does have a number of advantages. A much shorter commute (30 mins each way), and a higher salary (approx 2k per annum). It’s also a permanent job.
I have asked to progress my application, and will obviously wait and see if anything comes of it as it may not…but if it does… I feel really awful about leaving this job after such a short time, especially since I was so pleased that it was in such a fantastic sector that I was delighted to be part of.
I don’t have a notice period as such, and could just hop straight over if I needed to, but I don’t know that I could do that. Am I overthinking this? Is it a really shitty thing to do? It feels like it is, but I am quite tempted.
Any thoughts?