Babe's a bit bunged up. . .

Apologies for my lack of blogging over the past few days, I've felt like cr*p! I think I'd been running on adrenalin over the past few weeks, what with not knowing what was happening with the whole job thang. And now that things are sorted - comes the impending lurgy! Joy!

Soooo, what happened regarding the job? I'm sticking with my current place of work. Felt a bit guilty about letting down the new job, especially when they'd finally agreed to the start date that I wanted. But, the director (no less) at my current place managed to pull something out of the bag at the last minute and offered to make my position permanent. After much uhhming and ahhing, not to mention construction of in-depth pro's and con's lists I figured I was better staying put. While my actual take home from the new job was going to be more, I was missing out on lots of other benefits, like pension, healthcare, life assurance etc... which when I totted them up probably worked out as more worthwhile than actual take home and also keeping those means I have extra bargaining power when I do come to look for something new.

On top of that, and possibly more importantly - the people I work with are fab. And, almost, make the travelling worthwhile.

So, I've kind of killed objective number one on my masterplan! I'm still working as far away from home as I was, although I should be getting a statutory pay-rise as I missed out on one for being temporary staff, so the more money thing kind of works out. Plus, the benefits work out in my favour.

But more than that, I think I've made the right long-term decision, after all I did have my concerns about the new job. And I do think that sticking where I'm at for the time being will give me more prospects in the future. What is it they say - it always pays to look (and always weigh up the pro's and con's) before you leap?

I'm off more Beechams now xx