Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Episode 3: JOB OFFER - DILEMMA!

Well, I have this friend and former colleague who works in private aviation in Switzerland.
Back in October, she said I should try to get a job with her company, and so I got in touch with the cabin crew manager, went to Vienna for an interview, basically was offered the position, however, the woman left the company before I got a start date, and then my shoulder got really bad and I was signed off sick at work, and it all kind of died out.
Now, a few days ago my friend got in touch again and said that this time, there might be a vacant position on the jet that she works on, which would be perfect, and she has asked me to get back in touch with the company.
Back in October I was so excited about i all, but this time around, I am a bit undecided as to what I should do.
See, I don`t want to give up my job with my current airline, as it is really hard to get back in; they haven`t recruited since 2008 (I was the last person they recruited, actually..!), and I don`t want to lose my seniority, because I want to do longhaul in the future.
But, to be fair there are a lot of advantages with the private jet job;

14 days on - 14 days off = I could go on vacation once a month!
But what would I do with little Friday for 2 weeks at a time? I can barely stand to leave her behind for 24 hours!

Higher wages + as it is based in Switzerland, the income will be tax free = Enough said.

A lot more responsibility, variety, stress and challenges = I do feel as if I need a more challenging job, so this could be what I`m looking for, however, I don`t know how tough it gets.

Catering= well, I love my food and wine, so I guess the fact that I would be responsible for catering the flights, would also add that little bit of creativity to my working day, which is a big plus.

I`m really not sure what to do. The perfect scenario would be that I could get unpaid leave for about a year from my current airline, just to try this out. That way I would also get to keep my staff rate airline tickets..hmm..decisions, decision! And I am the most undecisive person I know!

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