Would I be mad to do this?

rIcK

rIcK

rIcK

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I made a thread much like this 12 months ago....

I have 2 job offers on the table, both are senior positions:

One is permanent offers the better salary with the good potential to grow and even for promotion, 40 hours per week.

The second, is a 12 month FTC with good likelihood of renewal working for the BBC in R&D, ends up about £300 less per month after tax and is top of band ( so not sure where I stand for pay rises in the future ) 35 hours per week.

The wages are more of less the same per hour, simply put which do I go for based on what I have mentioned.
 
The other company is a particularly large car rentals company and growing well, so no issues of the company going under etc.
 
Cosimo said:
That does look interesting working in the forefront of broadcasting technology, does the other job offer technical challenges?
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Its the entire implementation, deployment and infrastructure side of this (Openstack mainly) though both roles are similar in this area.
 
I need to decide this more or less now, thanks for the opinions guys.

I made the choice NOT to work for the BBC around 12 months back, the role wasn't anywhere near as good as this one on offer. I know that this department is difficult to get in to and in the end £300 a month can be made up by random contracting work if I need it.

Secondly this department has its own autonomy compared to the rest of the BBC and I feel it would also do wonders for my CV in the future.

I have a gut feeling telling me to go for the BBC R&D position so I think that is what I will do here. I always seem to do well at interviews and I am good at what I do, so I have no problems with at worst needing to find further work in 12 months. I seem to have a habit of doing it every year at the moment anyway....
 
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dowie said:
you've not really given much information

you've said one job is better paid and 'senior' and the other job is not even perm, at the top of the pay band, uncertain prospects...

with all else being equal how is even a question?
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Both are Senior roles and both are large companies I have taken the BBC role now and turned down the other one. Cheers for the advice as usual :)

Each has its pros and cons specifically with the BBC:

*I love working around Media City
*The distance from my house
*Location to friends for work
*35 hours actually is a huge positive thing for me, without an expectation to work beyond this.
*Pure R&D role without the daily distraction of operations nonsense because a server has gone down which I will absolutely not need to worry about.
*Time constraints for projects are also much more relaxed allowing me to do them properly as opposed to rushing them out the door which most of my previous companies suffer from

I have worked near the BBC near Media City for the past 12 months, every time I looked at the building and the area around I regretted not taking the position last time.
 
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