Should I stay or should I go?

[PutOnABraveFace]

Please help me figure out which option could benefit me/ my career. Really swaying between them all.

Big multinational company, splitting into two companies.

Option 1 - Remain in the existing company. The people are great, the work itself isn't good. Good company benefits. Potential for redundancy in a year or two.

Option 2 - Tupe to new company. My current manager (micromanager) is tuping over and I'm really struggling to work with this person. But new work/ accounts that offer better prospects long term but really would struggle to enjoy this work due to the manager situation. Good company benefits.

Option 3 - Find job externally. I've started job hunting but it's difficult already and timing isn't on my side. Struggling to find similar company benefits. Would start on a probation period. Need x weeks service to be eligible for mat pay. 3 month notice period in current role before I could start new role externally.

Our remortgage is due the end of this year (worried about changing job near remortgage, due to long notice period) and I have started trying for a second child, but have experienced fertility issues so it may happen soon, it may take a while or not at all but guess I should perhaps factor this into the decision somehow.

Are you sure options 1 and 2 are both correct OP? TUPE applies as a matter of law, so either your job is transferring or it isn't...is your current employer offering you a new job?

Option one plus tag on option three. You never know when the right next job will
pop up. But at least working with nice colleagues and good benefits make the day to day stuff much easier to deal with.
redundancy may or may not happen, if I’m reading your post correctly. Whereas working with someone you don’t get on with is utterly soul destroying very very quickly.

agreed

@thinkfast ah that's my misunderstanding. I've never come across TUPE before. Can I edit the post? Long time lurker, rare poster Manager applied for a new position and was offered said position. I could apply for another position in the team. I used TUPE as I thought this meant that I could negotiate the same terms but no I'm not automatically transferring to new company.

Thanks so much @Alphabet1spaghetti2 & @pavillion1 I've been thinking along this way too. I guess the potential but very real threat of redundancy (albeit not immediately) scares me a bit but also working with nicer people day to day is a huge draw.