The Advice Thread

[Quirkafleeg]

Jimmy Savile.

 

[Tredman]

I'm @tdw - joined right at the start so got a 3 letter handle.

I've had a few offers, but nothing like this. Need to work out how to decouple my Facebook account and then it's on I reckon.

 

[machin05]

Amazing!

 

[The Bear]

Tell them you want $10k , see what response you get.

My guess is, if they are willing to pay 7 they'd pay 10.

 

[YoungWolf]

Tell them you want $10k , see what response you get.

My guess is, if they are willing to pay 7 they'd pay 10.

Agree - although whether I'd have the balls to say that if I was in that position I don't know!

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Take the money

 

[Tredman]

Tell them you want $10k , see what response you get.

My guess is, if they are willing to pay 7 they'd pay 10.

Agree - although whether I'd have the balls to say that if I was in that position I don't know!

I might be able to squeak it up to 8, 8.5 maybe. Round 10 will be my starting offer and will see where it goes.

 

[Tredman]

Anyone know much about New Cross hospital?

Been referred to the eye clinic there - is it easy to park?

 

[Kenny]

It's a friggin nightmare at times. You will either drive straight into a spot or spend your day driving around in a circle.

Decent sized car park across from the eye clinic so you might get lucky.

 

[Tredman]

Thanks. So get there quite early then? Appointment is at 4.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Buy a sandwich in Sainsbury's and park on there.

 

[Kenny]

Thanks. So get there quite early then? Appointment is at 4.

Wife had to visit the eye clinic last year. When she had an appt at 3.30 she got a space. Return appt at 10am was a nightmare

 

[Tredman]

Cheers both. Will get there early and if needs be park at Sainsbury's.

 

[machin05]

There's loads of little car parks all around the hospital, so if you see one with spaces available just park in it! Don't worry about getting the right car park for the right part of the hospital - more chance of winning the lottery.

 

[Tredman]

Right, need some more advice. Thought a lot about this and need help - I've received some good advice on here in this area before, so please chuck your views at me.

I took a new job this time last year and its been incredibly hard work, but very rewarding - basically I work for a large engineering company with lots of staff in UK but headquarters in Holland. I run the UK business development for one of the Dutch tech departments. Everyone I work with is in Holland, but I still need to work out of one of our UK offices, usually on my own in the corner. Its been proper hard work - building a new market for us in an area where the customers don't know us at all. After a year I'm getting there with some good orders coming up, but still massively in the red. Long term I'm pretty sure we will not meet their growth targets (which are unrealistic imo). Its a great team in Holland and I really get on well with them, but only see them once a month.

I've been offered a new job, doing something similar, but not a competitor. Its working from home, comes with a big pay rise (around 15%), plus a realistic chance of at least another 50% salary bonus every quarter. It's possibly a life changing increase in earnings. New role is across Europe, Middle East & Africa - which I have done before (its a lot of travelling, but appeals to my wandering instincts). New job basically has everything I want, with more job security. I just feel like I will be letting my team down and also the new customers I have brought in to my current company.

So should I do it!!?? 1 year is very quick to change jobs (certainly in my industry) and realistically I will have to make a success of the new job, else I will be a busted flush.

 

[Tom Hark]

Forget the current company, for a start. They'll survive (or not) whatever you do. Main thing I would consider is how the travelling would affect your home circumstances. If you/they are happy about the separation then go for it, so long as you're confident in your ability to get the job done. (I wonder whether your last sentence reveals a little self-doubt?)

 

[Tredman]

Forget the current company, for a start. They'll survive (or not) whatever you do. Main thing I would consider is how the travelling would affect your home circumstances. If you/they are happy about the separation then go for it, so long as you're confident in your ability to get the job done. (I wonder whether your last sentence reveals a little self-doubt?)

I'd love to forget the current company, but they are a great bunch of people. I'd definitely be letting them down massively.

The travelling will be fine, I think. I guess maybe 2 night a week away on average, which is not that different to what I do now - with the added benefit of working from home the rest of the time.

I definitely have self-doubt, but tbf thats always the case in my role - i take new products / solutions to market, some will always fail, or succeed very slowly.

 

[darlowolf64]

You have to do what is best for you and not your employer... You have said what a great opportunity this is and it suits you so consider this. In a year or two, you have stayed where you are and the targets haven't been reached, do you think your current company will be as loyal to you?

I'd take the new offer mate, it sounds perfect, what's the catch?!

 

[Del Woppio]

That's not even a question. Take the job you twat.

 

[Tredman]

You have to do what is best for you and not your employer... You have said what a great opportunity this is and it suits you so consider this. In a year or two, you have stayed where you are and the targets haven't been reached, do you think your current company will be as loyal to you?

I'd take the new offer mate, it sounds perfect, what's the catch?!

I know, i know.

Only catch i can think of is the company is American. And most American companies are a pain in the ass to work for in my (limited) experience.

That's not even a question. Take the job you twat.

Did someone give my wife your login?