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20 April 2007

ok, bunnies: in TWO HOURS, I must MAKE A DECISION. Should I take Job A or Job B? Hilarious details inside.→[More:]

Job A: Beautiful old building, my own office, full time job as Departmental Secretary of a big humanities program and a competitive master's program. Decent pay although lower than my last job. A heaping poo load of responsibility and staggering amounts of work during term-end. Collection of witty people, although snooty and posh. Plenty of structure and training. Stable business (ancient university). Have to wear froofy clothes; 20 minute walk from home. Right next to awesome hip neighbourhood.

Job B: Beautiful old building, although tiny flat. Not my own office=no bunnysurfing. 4 day a week job as secretary-apprentice to lady I know from my Political Party. Doing cool work in re. housing consultancy and refugees. Scatterbrained high-strung genius aided by two normal folk. Lower pay, potential of shitting-where-i-eat (politically) if I fuck this up. Opportunity to do more than secretarial work when I get my sea legs. No getting out of political stuff when one's BOSS and another coworker are involved. boo. Plus, three day weekend! (of course I'd probably spend some of that Friday leafletting for war-stoppage at the Central Mosque.) Oh, 5 minute commute and I can wear Normal People (casual) clothes.

Me: High-strung crazy person with anxiety. Damn good at what I do when I'm not full of ADD.

I'm worried that if people don't like my personality in the smaller office it could become real claustrophobic real quick, is all. I don't know if I can trust myself to do it. The last office was a small office and people thought me grumpy. I'm not grumpy, I'm terrified! However the same problem could happen in the big office.

Right now I'm leaning towards job B, because of stupid, chivalric YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE A COWARD crap. My dad opines: "If you fuck up job B, it's far less likely to ruin someone's livelihood/academic career than in job A."

Money isn't as much of an issue- Better Half says we can afford either one.

What do you think?

post by: By the Grace of God at: 02:44 | 13 comments

also: YAY FIREFOX! I stupidly closed the tab with this post in it and recently closed tabs had it! RAWK!

posted by By the Grace of God 20 April | 02:46

If it were me, I'd go for Job A. The reason is that I like to keep a work/life balance, and with Job B, that balance might not be there and there's the chance I'd become jaded/insular if I was doing the same thing at work as I do outside work.

posted by essexjan 20 April | 03:45

well bunnies, I'm choosing B. :) Making the call now..

posted by By the Grace of God 20 April | 04:20

Just called Ms. B. Boss and she was delighted! Yay! and offered me a pay rise!

posted by By the Grace of God 20 April | 04:25

Congratulations, Grace! Sorry I didn't see this sooner, but I'm so delighted you had two great opportunities to choose between. Either place is lucky to have you. Now, go celebrate!

posted by taz 20 April | 04:27

I am going to celebrate... with a HOT BATH!

posted by By the Grace of God 20 April | 04:38

Which would you have leaned towards, for the sake of SCIENCE!, taz?

posted by By the Grace of God 20 April | 04:39

Congratulations BtGoG!

posted by LoriFLA 20 April | 05:39

Thanks, everyone!

Update: I just got an election communication from the fucking BNP.

posted by By the Grace of God 20 April | 05:47

Congratulations, BtGoG! The good thing about any job for a person with ADD tendencies is that it contributes structure and balance of its own to one's days, sometimes becoming a cognitive filter of value of its own (I've seen a lot of people who get "carried" through the working day by the rhythm of e-mail, report schedules, phone tag, breaks and lunch). I hope you'll enjoy your activities at the new gig, and yet not wind up living and breathing politics every minute of every day.

All politics and no fun perhaps making Grace a dull girl, since you won't be doing much bunny surfing :-(

posted by paulsc 20 April | 06:40

Probably, "A", Gracie, but the four-day week would be a major temptation with "B".

posted by taz 20 April | 07:00

W00t!! congratulations.

posted by theora55 20 April | 10:23

Yay for Grace! I'd have chosen "B" as well.

posted by deborah 20 April | 13:42

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