Hi there,
Just looking for some opinion on my current situation. I am currently working in IT/private sector west of the Shannon, 35 years old. Been 10 years in my current job and have only had one increase in 7 years (after I asked for it) due to a variety of factors so I'm stuck on 34k much longer than I thought I would be. As I have young family, mortgage etc and like where I live and my life in general I have muddled along without rocking the payrise boat. Also I have no pension options from my employer at all.
I'm currently well down the road towards a possible offer of an Executive Officer job in the Civil Service with a strong possibility of this being in the same town I currently work in. It would mean me leaving IT, which I do like, for something pretty much unknown to me but that said I am open to the change. I like working with people, am interested in plenty of things and so may well really like life in the CS.
My query is though a financial one. I would take a 6k salary drop initially. As a family due to prudent borrowings over the years we can sustain it, my other half also works. My folks and now my wife are in agreement that long term between salary increases, job security and pension they think should the CS offer come I should take it. I think I pretty much agree with them but canvassing some random opinion!
Feel free to chip in! Thanks
Just looking for some opinion on my current situation. I am currently working in IT/private sector west of the Shannon, 35 years old. Been 10 years in my current job and have only had one increase in 7 years (after I asked for it) due to a variety of factors so I'm stuck on 34k much longer than I thought I would be. As I have young family, mortgage etc and like where I live and my life in general I have muddled along without rocking the payrise boat. Also I have no pension options from my employer at all.
I'm currently well down the road towards a possible offer of an Executive Officer job in the Civil Service with a strong possibility of this being in the same town I currently work in. It would mean me leaving IT, which I do like, for something pretty much unknown to me but that said I am open to the change. I like working with people, am interested in plenty of things and so may well really like life in the CS.
My query is though a financial one. I would take a 6k salary drop initially. As a family due to prudent borrowings over the years we can sustain it, my other half also works. My folks and now my wife are in agreement that long term between salary increases, job security and pension they think should the CS offer come I should take it. I think I pretty much agree with them but canvassing some random opinion!
Feel free to chip in! Thanks