Damn I am confused... (job change ahead?)

[Crackpot]

Hy folx,

normally I don\'t write about personal problems or difficulties but I am really confused at the moment.

I am working now for about 7 years in the same company, with mostly the same colleagues. We are really a great team and they all make the work a lot funnier. Problem is, that I currently work for about 4 years in the same project and things get quiet boring in the past. Plus I don\'t know what I will do in about 3-4 years.
So some weeks ago I applied on an interesting job offer and now I got the answer, that they would like to employ me.

Now I am in a big dilemma. On the one hand I don\'t want to leave my team. I know they will get a lot of problems when I leave because we have too much work but not enough employees.
On the other hand the new job sounds really interesting and will presumably boom. But I don\'t know how I will get along with the new team...

Damn. I have to make a decision till friday. ???

 

[squidders]

Change is always good a good thing, even if it doesn\'t work out well you would have gained experience.

I have known employers to keep very good teams understaffed so that guilt prevents anyone from leaving and it\'s not something that should stop you.

I would go for it

 

[Naukhel]

Take a personal leave of abscence from job A.
Try out job B while you\'re \'on leave\'.

See if you like it.

Only thoughts I\'ve got.

 

[airhead]

Take the new job.

No company other than a Mom & Pop should ever have irreplacable people.

Yea, they will have to hire & train someone to fill your old position, but it is not the end of their or your world.

Besides, if you are that good, when you give your notice, they may counteroffer with a raise/promotion to keep you with them.

 

[PegaZus]

Gotta go for the interesting job.

That been said, my same choice hasn\'t been all I thought it would be. I left a wonderful job in a terrible location for a so-so job in a wonderful location. I\'m hoping that I\'m so down on the job because my tasks actually died the week before I started, and once the work picks back up again, I\'ll be happy instead of bored.

Course, its been seven months now...

 

[Yetie]

The way I see it the person who matters in this situation is you, I mean if your not happy at work then it will affect everything else as well.

You got to ask your self who matters most in the long run the team and the company or your self and those who are close to you, cause if work sucks then you take longer to destress when you get home and that affects those who want your time outside of work.

My advice is talk to your partner or who ever and think about your self 1st and what will make you happy. And I always find thinking which job offers more money helps .

 

[Ritual]

What airhead said!

 

[Sand Rat]

Got to agree with everyone else here - go for it .

 

[Jericho]

I really like Airhead\'s take on the situation. It\'s a very rare situation that the world will fall apart in the absence of one person. I think we all like to think that way some times (What would you guys do without me?!!) but I don\'t know how realistic it is.

Don\'t feel too guilty if you take the new job, I\'m sure everyone at the old place will understand that you ultimately have to look after your own happiness, financial security, and sense of fulfillment with your job. If one of them got an exciting job opportunity, they would probably consider it just the same way you are.

 

[fieldarchy]

yup take the new job. If you aren\'t completely happy where you are at now then you need to move on. it\'s ok to make changes and even though you love the people you have to do what is right for you. I had to leave all of my friends recently and Arizona in order to move onto a different location (same job) for my company. Couldn\'t be happier though and I was scared that things were not going to go well.

 

[Sand Rat]

Now for my long answer -

I\'m in a similar situation, and was in one about 4 years ago - Damn good at what I do, but finding no fulfillment in what I am doing personally, even after a promotion to a higher paying more responsibility position, in addition to still not quite having everything paid off. So after discussion with my significant other I\'m looking for a job again. And as strange as it sounds, its prolly going to be overseas again - in part for the money, in part because I feel that I left something unfinished, and in part because the monkee gods help me I miss it so.

So I would say scream and leap - go for it - you can always learn something new and if nothing else that will help keep you sane in the long run.

 

[skeeve]

Originally posted by airhead

Besides, if you are that good, when you give your notice, they may counteroffer with a raise/promotion to keep you with them.

This is probably the most important part of it. Compare offers, tell you old company that you have an offer from somebody else. Ask them whether they can offer anything better

 

[freakinacage]

i agree with airhead, go for it. let us know how it pans out. if you make that much difference, they\'ll give you your old job back if it doeasn\'t pan out anyway!

 

[lizcam]

New experiences are always good even if they are uncomfortable. You know this job you have may not last forever and better to start in the new job now when the stress is minimmal than to wait and have to scramble for a job later. Go for it!

 

[jahminis]

@crackpot
i know you are a great mini painter, but i don\'t know what field your dayjob is in...
i can say from personal experience(i spent 5 years circlin\' the globe with no money in the bank), change is the only constant in life, and as the old cliche goes,\"everything happens for a reason\"... unfortunately, we never know the reason until we are well down the road...
the one thing that has never changed is the initial fear of the unknown that one has to conquer before they take the leap into new territory...it gets easier after years of facin\' the unknown, and chargin\' headlong into life, but the trepidation of the unknown never really goes away...
the most difficult moment i ever had was that first step off the porch as a teenager...i disappeared across the border and got lost in the jungles of central america, and never looked back..
the biggest motivation for me has always been the question of regret..when i find myself in a situation where i am wonderin\' if i should make the next move, i just ask myself if i will regret it later that i didn\'t take advantage of the opportunity in front of me..
i don\'t wanna be a 60 year old guy who looks back on life with regret \'cause i was too scared to take advantage of the opportunites or make the dreams a reality...i\'ve seen the people who live with great regrets, and it ain\'t pretty...
hopefully that is a bit of food for thought...

cheers
jah

 

[Crackpot]

Thanks for all the feedback.
I would lie if I would say I didn\'t expect your answers.
Well to be a bit more specific:
I am working as a software engineer but my current job tends more an more into consulting and controlling. Some people may think this would be a progression, but personally I would rather go back into system architecture and software development. So the new job would offer this but for a slighter smaller income. But for the technical aspect I would do without the money (it\'s no big deal).

I know I am not indespensible (hell I saw a lot of collegues leave where everybody thought we couldn\'t do without them but life and work goes on and on...). But I know it will/would be a shock for some colleagues.

But you may be right, sometimes you have to think for you self...
I will talk to my boss tomorrow and we will see what he will offer me. I hope I will do the right thing...

 

[Modderrhu]

Originally posted by Crackpot
I am working as a software engineer but my current job tends more an more into consulting and controlling. Some people may think this would be a progression, but personally I would rather go back into system architecture and software development. So the new job would offer this but for a slighter smaller income. But for the technical aspect I would do without the money (it\'s no big deal).

Nothing that anyone else said could convince me to change more than this. I\'ve turned down better-paying positions simply because I want to remain in development, rather than managing development. There\'s a certain thrill in getting one\'s hands dirty and performing the impossible when all the heathen nay-sayers say it cannot be done.

When a job fulfils all your other needs, then job satisfaction becomes the ultimate goal.