Hi,
I've been offered a job for one of the biggest employers on the island. It seems a good opportunity but looking for any advice especially if you've done it.
I started to draw up a list of pros and cons:
Pros
Thanks!
M.
I've been offered a job for one of the biggest employers on the island. It seems a good opportunity but looking for any advice especially if you've done it.
I started to draw up a list of pros and cons:
Pros
- Moving allowance of between 4-5k
- Lovely place and pace of life
- Everywhere commutable in 40ish minutes
- Potential for cycling into work / walking into work
- Cheaper car insurance and no MOT required
- They have offered training in areas I'd like and it would help me progress
- TT / Rallys / Unrestricted speed on some roads
- More expensive for rent, shopping, petrol, bills (no competition for utilities)
- I would have to sell or rent my house
- Could be very isolating - to get to the UK would either be a plane or boat / £90 ish on the plane and £170 ish to take a car (return)
- I could, potentially, have to pay for mortgage and rent and bills in both the UK and IOM
- Moving on, job wise, might be an issue as there's not a massive amount of companies out there to move to so if you didn't get a job at a competitor that might be it and I'd have to move back to the mainland with no moving budget (as there is an abundance of IT people in the UK)
- TT - noise and bike may end up in the living room
Thanks!
M.
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Though it would probably be a for and against. Great to watch but the noise and potential bike smashing into the side of your house may be a downside.