all seriousness Chris, sounds like a good move other than the shift time, but sometimes you have to give to get.

susannah said:

at the new job i'd get bonuses. i don't get those where i am now.

at the new job i'd have a shorter work week, which i would assume would make a significant difference if i'm working the wee hours.

i seem to be going through a lot of transition this year anyway, so maybe it's a sign that i need to hit the refresh button all around, including my job.

susannah said:

at the new job i'd get bonuses. i don't get those where i am now.

at the new job i'd have a shorter work week, which i would assume would make a significant difference if i'm working the wee hours.

i seem to be going through a lot of transition this year anyway, so maybe it's a sign that i need to hit the refresh button all around, including my job.

Anx said:

I feel you have already made your decision, and what your looking for is validation, not advice....now thats not an insult, just an observation. I do that, but Im really stubborn! Anyway, trust your instincts if you have made up your mind cause heres the thing - change is hardly ever bad even if it seems that way, its just scary. But its only scary because its unknown, you dont want to take the risk and lose everything.

Where would we be if we didnt take risks?! Face your fear

And hey, we'll all still be here to help you through

susannah said:

hmmm, maybe you're right. i'm just trying to get a whole buncha points of views, i guess. i figured someone might chime in with some red hot consideration i hadn't yet thought of or something. i am definitely going to interview. they might make me an offer i really can't refuse, and there's no other way to find out...

I'm being offered a job with less hours, better benefits and more money.

Catch?

Said job is a graveyard shift position.

I've done a graveyard shift before, and I swore I never would again.

However, I was working longer hours than this job offers, and I will be making more money. There's also the possibility of them moving me to days if such a position opens up.

Plus, I'm fed up with where I am. But what if this new gig isn't much better?

Part of me wants to take the new gig, and if it makes me miserable, it'll be motivation to find something better. Another part of me would rather stick out more time where I am and know my misery, than to throw myself into new situations where I don't know if it could be even worse.

QUANDARY! What Would Org Do?

superspaceboy said:

i've never had my pay cut when i've moved from late shifts to day shifts.

I'm being offered a job with less hours, better benefits and more money.

Catch?

Said job is a graveyard shift position.

I've done a graveyard shift before, and I swore I never would again.

However, I was working longer hours than this job offers, and I will be making more money. There's also the possibility of them moving me to days if such a position opens up.

Plus, I'm fed up with where I am. But what if this new gig isn't much better?

Part of me wants to take the new gig, and if it makes me miserable, it'll be motivation to find something better. Another part of me would rather stick out more time where I am and know my misery, than to throw myself into new situations where I don't know if it could be even worse.

QUANDARY! What Would Org Do?

Graveyard shifts, i've found, contain less assholes. Maybe the assholes think their shit only smells like roses in the day light, I don't know, but I do know there's less assholes to deal with. Also there's less people.

Imago said:

why don't you improve my ASS? with your LIPS!

MickG said:

this is very true. the only thing i haven't gotten used to as a daytime employee is dealing with the whole 9 to 5 chipper chipper chipper officious attitude. blech. night shift people are more, um, "earthy", shall we say but i've found there to be a lot less of that day office artifice in people's behavior.

Anx said:

You make it sound like a bad thing to you when it is a bit-o-heaven to me.

Contrast is funny.

take the damned job.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

yeah, what she said.

Imago said:

why don't you improve my ASS? with your LIPS!

Anx said:

Graveyard shifts, i've found, contain less assholes. Maybe the assholes think their shit only smells like roses in the day light, I don't know, but I do know there's less assholes to deal with. Also there's less people.

Well, the quandary kinda solved itself...I called the headhunters who offered me this position, and after taking a bunch of stupid tests and passing with flying colors and doing an intake interview and blah blah, the job got filled. Ah well, tra la la. The headhunters said they were gonna keep looking for stuff for me. Meanwhile, my job is like my own personal Gilligan's Island. I always seem to come just this close >< from getting off the island.

Anx said:

who's your ''little buddy''?

purplerein said:

alcohol

Well, the quandary kinda solved itself...I called the headhunters who offered me this position, and after taking a bunch of stupid tests and passing with flying colors and doing an intake interview and blah blah, the job got filled. Ah well, tra la la. The headhunters said they were gonna keep looking for stuff for me. Meanwhile, my job is like my own personal Gilligan's Island. I always seem to come just this close >< from getting off the island.

Well, the quandary kinda solved itself...I called the headhunters who offered me this position, and after taking a bunch of stupid tests and passing with flying colors and doing an intake interview and blah blah, the job got filled. Ah well, tra la la.