Current job..
Decent money
Stable company
Work is easy enough yet fairly challenging
Have to live away form home during the week
Potential new job offer..
A bit less money
Stable, huge company
Job is 15 month contract with very good chance of being taken on in 6 months
Nearer to home, just about commutable
Lots of challenge and scope for advancement.
Some would consider it quite a dream job
So...do I follow my head and wallet and stay or follow my heart and dreams and move???
Cheers,
Alan
Everyone has different circumstances.
Without understanding your circumstances (which no-one ever can) then it's impoosible to give anything like usefull infirmation.
You're the man, as the saying goes.
You'll make whatever decision suits you.
I'm a safe and steady type of guy (no surprise there.) That has a huge influence on how I handle these things.
Others take greater risks and achieve greater things.
We're all different.
I know - gives you nothing of any help 
In life I have realised that you don't regret the things you do, only the things you didn't do.
Probably doesn't help either.
[Edited on 13/5/10 by Confused but excited.]
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Originally posted by Confused but excited.
In life I have realised that you don't regret the things you do, only the things you didn't do.
Probably doesn't help either.
[Edited on 13/5/10 by Confused but excited.]
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Originally posted by Alan B
Current job..
Potential new job offer..
A bit less money
Stable, huge company
Job is 15 month contract with very good chance of being taken on in 6 months
Nearer to home, just about commutable
Lots of challenge and scope for advancement.
Some would consider it quite a dream job
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Originally posted by 02GF74
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Originally posted by Alan B
Current job..
Potential new job offer..
A bit less money
Stable, huge company
Job is 15 month contract with very good chance of being taken on in 6 months
Nearer to home, just about commutable
Lots of challenge and scope for advancement.
Some would consider it quite a dream job
yuo get less pay but then you don't live away from home - surely that has costs, money and time wise?
I vote go for the second job.
you may get booted out after 15 months but then you current comapny may boot you out - the economy and job situation is so unstable it can change tomoorow.
) i say go for it Alan.......................BTW do you get free passes to the park
Ever heard the saying, land your dream job and you'll never work another day in your life?
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Originally posted by skydivepaul
i say go for it Alan.......................BTW do you get free passes to the park
" Also at 53 this could be my last carrer move"
Not a bit of it!!
I'm on my second "last career" At 50 I jacked my job to build a traditional Scottish house - actualy build it not just manage the build
and at the same time go to university (which I mucked up first time round at 18).
Got a mech eng degree and landed a job as a design engineer at 53 - was the manager by 55 - just 'cos older folk have the work ethic in
spades.
Now on my second career break at 60 doing a Design & Innovation degree with no fears for the future.
I have regrets only for the things I did not do, some of my decisions in life were disasterous, but I always cabe back 10 times stronger.
Go for it.
Thoughts are with you
dream job dream job dream job!
if your designing roller coasters then i imagine your life will be like roller coaster tycoon, just paid!
Think I'd go for it
If it means you can spend more time at home with the family and it will offer a better 'quality' of life it has to be a good thing
Plus its something you obviously want to do, you could look back in a few years and wish you'd gone for it..
I used to work shifts and the money was good, now work regular days for less money but enjoy my time at home alot more
Mrs says i'm also a better person to be with 
hi ho hi ho it's off to work we go!!!
Money, in this world of GREED, should not dictate to the extent it does.
Me? I'd go for the 'new' job, simply because it looks more enjoyable to you. Here's someone who took a contract in Australia for a
while, leaving a dead brain-killing (but 110% tax payer secured safe) public sector position. I then did a few stints in other fine locations around
the world, before coming back to the UK and joining several failed companies. I'm now redundant, of course, BUT do I regret leaving the public
sector brain death security? No, I worked in some great places.
However, grass and greener and the other side, must never be overlooked.
Be Careful!
I joined my company about 10 years ago, was told I had made a real good move into the right technology etc. etc. 6months later we had our first round
of redundancies which lost us around 22% in our department alone!! Since then we have had 3 more rounds and the site I work from has dropped from
around 1200 to 400 employees . I count myself lucky that I have survived so far but it always makes me very uneasy when we know there is another
round coming.
HTH
Make a list.
So, it's: Have you got enough saved to do OK if the new place sacks you? How much do you hate being away from home? You have to be adventurous to
even think of changing jobs now, so you may regret not trying.
Personally, I tossed a whole career because I got very tired of not being at home.
Hmm, tricky one really..
I have a job here working for a massive global company, 30 minute commute (at 20mph). Serving Nissan as a resident supplier.
Its full time, very easy, wee easy in fact, if Nissan wee me off I just tell them to stick it...
I don't owe anyone any money so I'm ready to hand my notice in, it's ready, just need to put the date on.
As it goes, working isn't that important to me, just provides funds for projects and I would much rather be doing something I want to do. All
this TS16949 compliance stuff just bores me...
So, it all depends on your circumstances...
In the end I decided to stay....
My wife asked me.."sure it's a dream job, but is it your dream job?...don't you want to work for yourself again designing and building
cars?"
Good point.
She added..." so how does driving an extra 600 miles a week, losing 4 hours per day commuting, dropping about $200 p/w in pay, for a job that may
(or may not) be a little more interesting but could be out of in 15 months when the contract ends.....get you any closer to YOUR dream job?"
Another good point to which I had no comeback.
So I stay where I am and improve my finances and keep designing car stuff part time until the time is right.
Thanks for all the advice everyone...especially SWMBO
Alan
Sounds like you made the right decision - For You.
Now you can chill out 
Bit late at this point to comment but in these circumstances I flip a coin - if happy with result I go for it - if unhappy I do the other.
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Originally posted by Ivan
Bit late at this point to comment but in these circumstances I flip a coin - if happy with result I go for it - if unhappy I do the other.