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[fuzzygoth]

Well as I was starting work on my future house in Sheffield I got a call
Email from Norton Motorcycles. Basically what it said was:


We have a vacancy for a Web/IT Developer, to basically run the IT Department.
If you are still Interested would you be kind enough to give me a call.

Norton P.A. Lady


So basically they have upped the Salary from 25k which was on offer last time
to 28k, but I mentioned that I am now on 33k she has said she'd try to get
30k going up to 33k in 6 months once we are happy everything is working. It's
only 20 days holiday as opposed to the 25 days I have with Kids but the working
hours are flex-able. Barstewards, i was all settled into what i was going to
be doing for the next xx years and now this comes along. I am seriously conflicted.

Kids
Advantages
33k (which will probabaly go up)
25 Days paid Holiday
Fairly Flexiable working ours
Seems fairly Stable.

Disadvantages
All the Code is a steaming pile of pooh with no documentation!


Norton Motorcycles
Advantages
Clean Slate for coding, complete new start.
It's Norton (working around motorbikes)

Disadvantages
Like be a paydrop (3k)
only 20 days Holiday
Flexiable Working hours
Longer Commute that Kids

I have the last few weeks been a little unhappy with the code I am inheriting
from the company that built it, and i'd feel bad letting them down by leaving
to go to Norton. Argh, but Norton has more scope for advancement as i said before
I'd be ground level for running the IT Department but its a risk.

I guess the question is if i don't try it would I regret it?

Help!

Comments

[miss_squiddy]

So why are they calling you at stupid o'clock to offer you a job they turned you down for originally?

I smell a rat here - first of all, out of hours working. Second of all, whoever took that job has scarpered pretty quickly. Perhps being paid as a developer but actually running the department isn't as much of a bonus as you think???

Also, a paydrop + longer commute will equal less money overall - unless the staff discount is really good! :)

[thepaintedone.livejournal.com]

The most likely rat is that for the low amount of money they are offering for the role, they can't get someone decent. From the timing, they possibly offered someone the role, but they walked away from it to a better paid position, or else started and quickly turned out to be a muppet.

You get what you pay for in employment and if they are only willing to pay peanuts....

Norton need to do a reality check, and since Mr Fuzzy is most definitely not a monkey, he should not work for peanuts. If you want to do charity work, do it for a charity.