Get a better job or a promotion.

I hate them!...but I’m presently flooded by them.

Get a better job…or a promotion…: currently I have the opportunity for both….and I have no idea what to do.

Better job!
I’m helping my friend with his Graphics school currently and he really wants me to come work for him! He can’t pay me a standard salary that I want nor should be getting but he is willing to pay me what I am currently making and have me work half day!

Now this seems all perfect…especially since I’ve started school and it’s a “read-to-earn-your-degree” programme! I’m not a read-write nor linguistic learner and I know beyond the shadow of a doubt that I’ll have to fight to keep my place in school. The only thing with this offer is that it’s a new company and there is a possibility that it may not be successful. My friend says he can last the next six months without earning an income before he has to close up shop.

A promotion:
My current supervisor is no longer leaving…and she seems to be getting her own division. This means there’s a chance I can come off my trainee programme and be employed in a permanent position. This is a government job…and people apparently dream of getting these kinds of jobs!

The con of this option is that….I’m really working my tail off! I get home very late and I am usually tired!

Now, with my permanent position I would be making more money…but I am so not motivated by money! Although I am in debt and have alot of financial responsibilities currently…the money is not driving me enough to make a clear choice!

I just wonder about that extra time off that is being offered at my friend’s company! I think about the fact that my friend’s company is already something I’m working on…so regardless of if I’m on payroll or not, I’m still involved!

I think about all the things I want to get done that requires money! I think about what happens if my friend’s company fails…I’ll be back job hunting…after I shut the door on a great place!

These decisions are a challenge…and it seems no one can make them for me. I guess the deciding factor would be if to deal with my current self….or protect my future self!

Application sent!

And looking for new possibilities. Also, my current Supervisor got another offer in another company. It being a new position would mean she’ll need new people to work with her as well. So…I very well may get to move over with her. The company is a great, International company and the salary would be nice :)

Keeping fingers cross. I really want this goal to be completed by March.

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I started off 2011 in search of a job that I like and halfway through the year I was just about ready to settle for anything. Surprisingly though, I got a job in September from a company I knew little about, far less, was on my “dream companies” list. However, I am quite fond of my job now. I see my services as making a difference and that’s the most important thing for me.

Recently though, a company that I really would like to work for started advertising positions again. I really didn’t even consider leaving my present position but I have come to the realization that I can’t live with my current salary. Additionally, due to my contract, I may have to stay in that salary bracket for the next year and three months. And if it’s not working now, far less for a year from now.

So my plan is to get another job offer. Then, I can tell my present employers that I am being offered something better and if they’d like me to stay they’ll have to give me a permanent position. This can work, because I hear that they are pretty pleased with my performance thus far. But if they don’t, then I have to allow myself to be okay with walking away. Walking away from anything has always been my biggest problem. However, the things I want to achieve, the life I desire needs resources to drive it! So I have to weigh what is more important and which would be more hurtful in the long run!

Really need to focus on me!