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What would YOU do? (redux)

Fman99 May 21 2009 12:33 PM

OK, so let's assume you had a cushy job, well paying, but often tedious due to lack of tasking, and additionally a long commute from your home (i.e., 2 hours spent per day in the car) and more work-related travel than you'd desire to have to do. And then you were presented with an opportunity to work for a smaller company, for similar pay, and much closer to home, but you'd be much busier and have less free time to post to Mets forums and listen to games and screw off all day. Which situation would you pick?

themetfairy May 21 2009 01:43 PM

Gotta go with the more fulfilling option, even if it cuts down on Mets time.

Swan Swan H May 21 2009 01:44 PM

One major variable - does the 'busier' component imply nights and weekends? If so, I'd stay. If not, and it means the normal business day is just packed, I'd leave.

metsguyinmichigan May 21 2009 01:46 PM

The answer is in your avatar. Which one is better for the little guy?

TheOldMole May 21 2009 01:47 PM

What Mets Guy said.

G-Fafif May 21 2009 02:03 PM

The Mets will always find you.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 21 2009 02:19 PM

Never underestimate your ability to find goof-off time. And commuting is for suckers. That's 2 hours of goof-off time I got you right there.

metirish May 21 2009 02:35 PM

How long have you been at this current job , would you miss the people and so on? Getting to spend more time with family is huge....but with having to work harder would fman be his same self? Does this new place have job security.....does any place nowadays I suppose.

Rockin' Doc May 21 2009 02:47 PM

Job security is key. Assuming I felt that the new job offered a pretty secure fututre, then I would opt for the new job with less commuting time so I could spend that with my family.

G-Fafif May 21 2009 03:08 PM

Unlike politicians, you can say you've resigned to spend more time with your family and mean it.

Kong76 May 21 2009 03:15 PM

Fman's lost his edge a bit. Which place has the hotter personnel?

TransMonk May 21 2009 03:21 PM

[quote="Kong76":ltuzmm8y]Fman's lost his edge a bit. Which place has the hotter personnel?[/quote:ltuzmm8y] Exactly...thank you.

Fman99 May 21 2009 07:58 PM

Wow, lots of food for thought. Thanks gang. So, in turn... 1. Despite their desire to staff 2nd/3rd shifts,I told them very clearly that I was only available to work business hours. I would have to participate in an on-call rotation where I might get calls after hours for a week, but only one week out of six or something. 2. Part of my current dissatisfaction is a lack of fulfillment. The new potential job does offer a far higher likelihood of that. 3. Better for the kids for me to be closer to home, and happier when I am at home. 4. Been in my current job for two years but been at my current workplace for almost six years (first part on a different contract, different employer). So thats two hours a day commuting since the fall of 2003. My current employer has been quite good to me -- respectful bosses, nice raises, good benefits. More secure in that I work for a defense contractor with lots of contracts. I do like my coworkers, but I don't really respect our program manager, and the work itself is too often tedious or aimless. The new possible job is a smaller company and I don't know what to expect. A former coworker now works there (he referred me) and he does speak highly of the place. Plus the work itself is far closer to what I want to be doing, task-wise and career-goal-wise. 5. Not a lot of eye candy where I work, the nature of the field I am in (information technology). The new place, not sure -- likely more of the same. If I were to leave my current gig I would miss the annual influx of summer interns that the lab gets every year woof woof pant pant. It may all be moot - I don't have an offer in hand, just following up on two interviews that both went well and waiting for the company to make it's next move. You are all super helpful to chip in your respective opinions, I am grateful.

MFS62 May 21 2009 09:50 PM

Sorry I'm late to the party. My response would have been similar to many - family first, fufillmet second (pay being relatively equal). And , as you can tell from my sporadic participation here, you'll have to pick your spots for posting on sports boards. Hey, here's an idea, if you have limited time to do that, just post here. And if you have to be brief, we'll understand. Later

Nymr83 May 22 2009 12:12 PM

[quote="G-Fafif":18m3wpvr]Unlike politicians, you can say you've resigned to spend more time with your family and mean it.[/quote:18m3wpvr] What they really mean is "I'm resigning to spend more time with my family, because they've just learned about my affair that you'll be hearing about in the tabloids tommorow."

G-Fafif May 22 2009 04:21 PM

"I'm resigning in order to spend more time with a member of someone else's family."

Fman99 May 26 2009 06:17 AM

[quote="Nymr83":1n4tchp2][quote="G-Fafif":1n4tchp2]Unlike politicians, you can say you've resigned to spend more time with your family and mean it.[/quote:1n4tchp2] What they really mean is "I'm resigning to spend more time with my family, because they've just learned about my affair that you'll be hearing about in the tabloids tommorow."[/quote:1n4tchp2] Or even, "I'm resigning to spend more time siring a family of bastards outside of the bonds of matrimony, as is custom."

cooby May 26 2009 07:06 PM Re: What would YOU do? (redux)

[quote="Fman99":2gyz3ctn]OK, so let's assume you had a cushy job, well paying, but often tedious due to lack of tasking, and additionally a long commute from your home (i.e., 2 hours spent per day in the car) and more work-related travel than you'd desire to have to do. And then you were presented with an opportunity to work for a smaller company, for similar pay, and much closer to home, but you'd be much busier and have less free time to post to Mets forums and listen to games and screw off all day. Which situation would you pick?[/quote:2gyz3ctn] Sounds like what happened to me, only the opposite. I chose the 2 hour in the car, busy all day better paying job and have never regretted it for an instant. Believe me there is life besides the internet.

Fman99 May 26 2009 08:11 PM Re: What would YOU do? (redux)

[quote="cooby":3c3dnu0p][quote="Fman99":3c3dnu0p]OK, so let's assume you had a cushy job, well paying, but often tedious due to lack of tasking, and additionally a long commute from your home (i.e., 2 hours spent per day in the car) and more work-related travel than you'd desire to have to do. And then you were presented with an opportunity to work for a smaller company, for similar pay, and much closer to home, but you'd be much busier and have less free time to post to Mets forums and listen to games and screw off all day. Which situation would you pick?[/quote:3c3dnu0p] Sounds like what happened to me, only the opposite. I chose the 2 hour in the car, busy all day better paying job and have never regretted it for an instant. Believe me there is life besides the internet.[/quote:3c3dnu0p] This choice got made for me -- the department I interviewed for isn't hiring at the moment. They referred me to another part of the company but it's different work and not what I want to be doing. The temptation isn't there. Not a big deal, really. I will keep the cushy job and free time and big salary, even know it means commuting and work travel. Having a job takes all the pressure off.

Edgy DC May 26 2009 08:52 PM

Hey, Fman, your turn in the orgy. Perhaps that should have been left to a PM.

Fman99 Sep 30 2009 09:00 AM Re: What would YOU do? (redux)

Update... this situation ended up working itself out nicely, or so it seems that it may anyway. The job I was pondering in the spring, that was not available on first shift, was presented to me again last month as a possibility. But circumstances have changed with my current employer to the point where I gave them a polite "thanks but not right now." The division of my company was reorganized and my boss got a new boss. I spoke to him and let him know of my desire to stay with the company (which treats me professionally and pays me nicely) but have new things to do. He kept me in mind for a new project coming down the pipe that he thought I'd be a good fit for. So I don't have to change employers, and the associated hassle of doing so, but I get new work to do for a new project that is within my skill set yet new enough to be interesting, and while I keep my commute and work travel I still don't have to work shifts, carry a pager or any of the rest of that.

themetfairy Sep 30 2009 09:05 AM Re: What would YOU do? (redux)

I'm glad to hear that things worked out so well for you :)

metirish Sep 30 2009 11:01 AM Re: What would YOU do? (redux)

Good for the fman.....

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 01 2009 10:17 AM Re: What would YOU do? (redux)

(Seal clap)