Hi gang
I need some advice. Ultimately this is a decision only I can make but I need some opinions and counter opinions. I'll try and explain the situation.
Global company.
I am currently permanently employed in the UK, but have been on a business travel assignment (similar to a secondment) for the past 2 years.
My old permanent contracted role is as a trainer working in Learning & Development.
My current assignment role is to travel the world implementing Salesforce (I am a trainer & implementation specialist, this is not an IT role)
When I took the assignment it was made clear to me that I would not be guaranteed to return to my old role at the end of the assignment. So I have been working under the assumption that come December, when my assignment ends, I will be made redundant if no position is available for me to fill.
The company is going through a post-takeover integration and there are lots of changes going on. T
he net result for me is that my old role (which I thought was a closed door anyway) will no longer exist.
I was called today to be told this, and offered a new permanent role.
My terms and conditions would remain unchanged.
The new permanent role involves European travel but is UK based and is a training role - it's not so much a backward step, but a sideways step back to something I have done before.
The biggest issue is the timescales are tight due to a breakdown in communication between departments.
I have two choices:
1) Stay in my assignment. Go to live in China for 2 months (accom/food/flights etc paid) to do the next implementation and then continue working on various things on the same project until December and then be potentially unemployed. No redundancy as I have refused the job offered to me. I love my current job.
2) Accept the job. Leave my current role now and lose the China opportunity. I don't know if I will love this job, it does involve travel but nowhere near as much as I do now, which I would miss. I do know I would be good at it, I have done a similar role in the past.
Other influencing factors:
I am 38.
I have a girlfriend who lives abroad.
I may consider moving to Vienna to live with her at some point in the future.
I have no real UK ties.
So OcUK, what would you do?
I need some advice. Ultimately this is a decision only I can make but I need some opinions and counter opinions. I'll try and explain the situation.
Global company.
I am currently permanently employed in the UK, but have been on a business travel assignment (similar to a secondment) for the past 2 years.
My old permanent contracted role is as a trainer working in Learning & Development.
My current assignment role is to travel the world implementing Salesforce (I am a trainer & implementation specialist, this is not an IT role)
When I took the assignment it was made clear to me that I would not be guaranteed to return to my old role at the end of the assignment. So I have been working under the assumption that come December, when my assignment ends, I will be made redundant if no position is available for me to fill.
The company is going through a post-takeover integration and there are lots of changes going on. T
he net result for me is that my old role (which I thought was a closed door anyway) will no longer exist.
I was called today to be told this, and offered a new permanent role.
My terms and conditions would remain unchanged.
The new permanent role involves European travel but is UK based and is a training role - it's not so much a backward step, but a sideways step back to something I have done before.
The biggest issue is the timescales are tight due to a breakdown in communication between departments.
I have two choices:
1) Stay in my assignment. Go to live in China for 2 months (accom/food/flights etc paid) to do the next implementation and then continue working on various things on the same project until December and then be potentially unemployed. No redundancy as I have refused the job offered to me. I love my current job.
2) Accept the job. Leave my current role now and lose the China opportunity. I don't know if I will love this job, it does involve travel but nowhere near as much as I do now, which I would miss. I do know I would be good at it, I have done a similar role in the past.
Other influencing factors:
I am 38.
I have a girlfriend who lives abroad.
I may consider moving to Vienna to live with her at some point in the future.
I have no real UK ties.
So OcUK, what would you do?
