Job offer of my dreams, or is it?

It sounds like a mechanic apprenticeship with a small indie company? With the way things are, I'd have to be pretty certain they weren't going to head up **** creek financially anytime soon. Wouldn't you get far more of a learning curve or exposure to various areas with a larger company, say BMW for example?
 
[TW]Fox;18127312 said:
Perspective required. He is 26 and the job is a minimum wage apprenticeship at a garage.

He has not just been invited to join the Mclaren Mercedes F1 Team. It is far from a no brainer.
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its HRT i say go for it!
 
This seems to me like an chance that does not present itself too often.

Follow your instinct, don't let emotion get in the way - on either side of the balance.


Your choice ultimately, I hope whichever is the right one for you.
 
When your about 80 and your looking back at your life. What do you think the highlights will be? If fitting a fuel system to a car is one of those highlights i would imagine that somewhere along in life you made the wrong choice. I would rather regret missing a job (which in the grand scheme of things is not that amazing) then regretting that you threw away a relationship and lost your friends as these are a lot harder to find then a job regardless of the economic situation.
 
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[TW]Fox;18127266 said:
Even the starting salary for a teacher is almost £10k a year MORE than you'd be getting in your new job on minimum wage. Perhaps she should be the one visiting YOU rather than the other way round..
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I was thinking the same thing unless she is an assistant teacher.
 
speak to both parties GF and future employer and see if you can get some wiggle room

explain to the gf what an epic opportunity is to expand your skillset and knowledge base. she obviously understands your passion for cars if she's still with you lol so she should at least see where your coming from

speak to prospective employer. they obviously recognise the skills and tbh with your abilities to treat you like a first year apprentice is a tad insulting.

my advice go do your 3 days with them, then sit down with them and see what they can offer. even an extra £2 an hour would make it a much more easy move. (covers your travelling expenses etc and tbh even a small indy couldnt complain about an extra £80-100 a week. dont be shy, remember they approached you not the other way around, the worst they can say is no
 
[TW]Fox;18127374 said:
I've just spent 40-50 seconds trying to work out the value of this particular post, but I can't.
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Not exactly difficult is it. Your opinion was its far from clear-cut. Mine was to do it and don't look back.

But don't let that stop you as usual.
 
DAvE18 said:
Not exactly difficult is it. Your opinion was its far from clear-cut. Mine was to do it and don't look back.

But don't let that stop you as usual.
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I'm confused as to why you felt the need to point out that I we had posted our opinions. I mean.. thats the whole point isn't it? I wasn't posting the opinion of my next door neighbour and you were not posting the opinion of your best mates boss, right?
 
theres only 2 guys working there, the boss and another guy.

the other guy used to work for radical and a few porsche race teams, built a few race prototypes and is a very quick racecar driver, theres not much he cant do from what i can see and he would be the quy teaching me.

All i know is stoke on trent and call centres, theres no way any big company would take me on because i dont have the qualifications or experience working for a company.

Everything ive ever done has been off my own back, from mapping cars to building my own limited slip diffs, designing cams and liners, specing engines for myself and other people.....yes i have a lot of experience but nothing i can put down on a CV.

these things have always massively interested me from the age of 16.....well since i build me first lego technic engine at 6 to be fair but you get my meaning.

I just think at my age, without a degree, this realisitically will be the only chance im gonna get to do these things, if i dont ill be resigning myself to call centre work for the future.

who else would really take me on to do this type of work, if i can design all the parts but unable to make them im not much good trying to go out on my own, hence i need the fabrications skills taught to me....i can only stick weld not mig/tig

Anyone who knows stoke knows its pretty much warehouses and call centres.

for FOX, shes a trained teacher but is currently working in a nursery for posh kids that also cover year 1(4-5) shes only on 15k a year there, she has been telling me about wanting to go back into proper teaching as its more challenging and like you say, better paid.

child stays with father during the week as he works from home, she sees him a couple of times during the week when shes working afternoons and normally on a saturday morning
 
Granted there are plenty of fish in the sea, but you won't see a girlfriend like your current one again in a million years. If you love her enough to get engaged, I would seriously think about her moving with your job. Your motoring opportunity sounds much rarer than a teaching opportunity because it is easy for teachers to transfer from school to school. I know because I've seen my sister move between schools and now she's head of maths. Career progression doesn't have to be within the same school.
 
If you really feel a long distance relationship won't work then ask yourself what do you want more, a future with your girlfriend or your dream job?
 
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