August 6, 2011
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Probably not…
I’ve had the whole day to think about it, and it is likely I will not accept an offer from this company if they were to make one.
- I work from home now so I can sleep until the crack of nine
- I can work in my pajamas
- I don’t have to worry if I have a bad hair day
- I have a great salary that I really doubt this other company will match
- I do get to drive to Chicago occasionally – it never feels like a chore because I love the drive (except for the last 5 miles)
- Although the office hours are 8:30 am – 5:00 pm I can pretty much work my own schedule (e.g. when I go in to the office, I’m usually there by 7am and out by 3.)
- When I do have to go to Chicago for a staff meeting, they’ve scheduled them for noon so I can drive in and home in the same day – no need to stay overnight in a hotel or with my ex.
The only PRO to accepting this job will be that it’s local. The job is database administration and programming. And while I don’t mind programming, I don’t want to do it as part of my job, and the main part of it would be programming. I don’t mind writing SQL scripts, views, etc to get data out of a database, but I don’t want to write automation scripts for the web site (among other things.)
I do believe I’ve made up my mind
Comments (3)
Sounds like you have made up your mind. It was good for you to go through the process because it made you re-think all of the reasons you took the job you have now.
@ItsSuze - Absolutely! It’s almost like being my own boss which Brian the Tarot Reader said I needed to be LOL
Sounds like you’ve thought it through well. I don’t think I’d give up that type of job either!