Leave a job your happy in?

[bakes0310]

I have a job I'm happy in, good management, co workers and loads to learn in my current role and chances of promotions.

I have applied for another role that's a big pay increase that would be more than even my next promotion could be by quite a big way.
It's also a lot closer to home aswell. And I pick the hours I work with my own schedule as long as the works done.

The only negative in my job is office based and the distance I do each week on Monday to Thursday equals 900 miles. It's roughly 5 hours in the car to get to work and back home 4 days a week.
That does sound a lot to most, but with what I mentioned above it's not a big negative for me.

If I'm lucky to be offered the new job I'm not 100% sure that I'll take it. I'm sorting of holding back as I've never had a job I enjoyed before.

What do you think.i should do?

 

[bakes0310]

It can’t be 5 hrs commute each day? Of course it could be, but only doing 900miles a week must mean it’s a slow commute.

Money isn’t everything…unless you’re struggling.

The more you earn, the more you spend. Lol

It's 900 miles from Monday to Thursday.

 

[bakes0310]

Is that your current commute as it reads that way to me in the OP?

If that is the case what would the new commute be ?

Yes it is, i do 900 miles in total each week from Monday to Thursday. It takes me about 2 and half hours to get to work and about the same coming home, this is my commute every week.

New commute is a bit harder to work out but I won't be leaving my county of Somerset, it'll be a lot less.

 

[bakes0310]

******* hell that OP is difficult to translate! Is your role writing instructions for flat pack furniture?

I think you are doing 225 miles per day, 4 days a week, each day is a 5hr round trip commute?

This...................



That commute alone would be having me looking elsewhere - time is a priceless commodity.

Lol

Zefan got it right about the commute.

 

[bakes0310]

Thanks for all your responses, a lot to think about.
If I hated my job it would be a no brainer, but I have had jobs that I hated which makes thinking of leaving my current job harder.

 

[bakes0310]

I bet cost of fuel every month is nuts, brother works about 45 minutes from work he told me how much it costs in fuel a month.

I have a company vehicle and fuel allowance.

 

[bakes0310]

I know what you mean, I suppose it really depends on what you value most. Draw up a list of pros and cons and score them if possible, try to make the qualitative quantitative as much as possible.

Thanks Zefan, that's a good way of looking at it.