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Job Dilemma which to choose.

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YellowRoses100 · 13/12/2023 21:15

I know I've posted a few times about my work. But I am really stuck about what to do.

Which job should I choose?

  1. Current employment. I work in a school- and my wage is a decent 52k a year. Term time only. I am home by 5 every day. Not a very difficult job, but the manager can be a nightmare and micro-managing me.
  2. I was headhunted for a pretty serious strategic role - wage is 60k+ a year. But f/t. decent annual leave and perks. Lots of travelling.

For context, I have younger kids and also older teens/young adults at home.

I have worked out the wages and after tax, NI and pension the difference per month is about £350 extra with the higher wage position.

WWYD?

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OwOwHolyCow · 14/12/2023 00:09

The school time off, with younger kids especially, would be more appealing to me. Depends on how miserable the micromanaging makes you though I suppose.
Would you be off for a good chunk of the Christmas break with the new role? When you say lots of travelling do you mean daily distance to work or away for days at a time for the job? Neither would appeal to me tbh. Who wants to spend 3 + hours a day commuting? Getting in at 7 or 8 due to traffic would be my idea of hell.

YellowRoses100 · 14/12/2023 06:44

Thanks. I am so confused. So the second job is a Social work one whereby you oversee the plans for Children in Foster care. It's an independent role and you travel to chair their review meetings. But only every 6 months for each child

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