Job decision: need help!

[drebo]

It can also be dangerous...

Yep...going to high schools to do work is sometimes fun....

 

[SunnyD]

On the plus side, it offers a full state pension, and awesome full coverage health insurance with a $250 deductible. The health benefits alone would be like a pay raise...

For now, until a year or two from now when the county/state goes tits up, declares bankruptcy and wipes all that shit out just like Detroit, Stockton, etc. are doing now.

In this day and age, "state pension" means if you're not retiring in a few months, you probably ain't gonna see it.

 

[soulcougher73]

County job

 

[purbeast0]

i'd go with job A if the whole "do whatever it takes to get the job done" doesn't mean working more than 40 hours a week. if that is the case, i wouldnt even consider job A.

 

[e-ricesucks]

experience ftw.
16 more for pm

 

[dmcowen674]

Job decision: need help!

After 16 years at my current job, I've decided to find something else. I've been stagnating and growing overly frustrated and depressed in my current position (no raises in years, company isn't growing, customer seem to hate us, etc...), so I put my resume out there.

I actually got a lot of solid hits within a few days, and I'm now torn. I have two people that are interested in me, and I don't know what to do:

Job A- A small IT firm that is one of those "do whatever it takes to get it done" places. They have a staff of network experts, software designers, web designers, and engineers that walk into businesses and address every single technical aspect of their business. They've been in business for 30 years and are highly respected in the area. The pay is about $10K more a year than I'm making now, but comes with HSA health insurance with an IRA retirement plan. I've interviewed 3 times already and the next time they're going to offer me the position if I want it.

Job B- Tech II with our local city school system. They're switching the entire county to Google Apps and need an expert to deploy and manage accounts, as well as configure and repair Chromebooks. I can do all of that no problem. It's a very focused job and nobody ever gets layed off from a county job like that A friend can get me in, however, an interview may be a few weeks off (if ever), and it pays $6K LESS per year. On the plus side, it offers a full state pension, and awesome full coverage health insurance with a $250 deductible. The health benefits alone would be like a pay raise, and I might be up for a Network Admin job in 1.5 years that would pay $15K more.

So, do I take the higher pay job, or do I gamble on the lower pay/risky high potential job?

No brainer - Job A

Awesome congrats, well deserved after suffering at the current place for so long with no raise.

 

[Ns1]

I would do A. B sounds boring as fuck.

 

[zCypher]

If you just started looking, keep looking? Depends how eager you are to leave ASAP. If you stayed that long without many raises, couldn't have been that bad of a place to be? All depends how likely it is based on your skills and experience that you land a significantly better job. Without more info, I'd also have to say job A.

 

[FelixDeCat]

I vote Job C, the one you haven't found yet.