Leaving school...

[Crispin]

Its actually 40mins a day extra travelling (Over 3 hours extra traveling a week), time, petrol, motoring costs etc for £300.... Not worth doing for that amount imo.

 

Normally I'd agree with you but like I've said I have a rather economical car and I expect to be paying only about £80-100 on fuel a month for the round trip.

 

Now if I'm left with £200-£220 take home money a month, then that makes the difference (again, as said before) between being poor and comfortable.

 

Bear in mind, I'm a single person living in his own house with a car. I don't have another salary to rely on so although £300 might not be worth it for some people, it certainly is for me!

 

Since I have been driving a lot I have started to listen to radio 4 while I drive in the morning.

 

Way ahead of you!

[mossj]

Just to make sure but you won't be paying more tax on your earnings will you?

[Crispin]

Just to make sure but you won't be paying more tax on your earnings will you?

 

I won't be going up any tax bracket no, and the £300 a month is after tax.

[KWestos]

Best thing to do is:

 

Go for the interview (even just for the experience)

If you don't get it, then you have interview experience under your belt and they may contact you in the future with other positions

At the interview, you may realise this is NOT for me or visa versa

Travel to the interview at the time of day you will be going, see what the commutes like then?

You can't make a decision unless you have enough ammunition to weigh everything up.

 

You never know, the office could be full of single women!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

But basically, as others have said, go for the interview. It's scary, but you don't have to take it! And it will hopefully make your mind up one way or another!

 

Good luck!!!

[korifugi]

I'd reccomend at least going for it - I went through the same kind of thing a while back, barely scraping through living on my own, and went for the job I'm in currently.

 

As it came round closer to the date of the interview I started to feel a bit uncomfortable with a potential move to a place I didn't know, with different challenges and all the stress attached.

 

Ended out as one of the best things I ever did, especially if you take your concerns and look at them in a slightly different light.

 

By moving out of my comfort zone it allowed me to grow professionally, taking on new challenges and increasing my depth of experience.

 

It also allowed me, with my previous experience of being ICT support and the details of the role to put my foot down immediately so people didn't take me for granted/treat me like cr@p.

 

Now - I'm treated as a professional, and through having banter with the staff they actually see me as a human being rather than some kind of mindless automaton. This alone makes the day go much easier - even enjoyable.

 

(Not saying it was like that all the time at my old place - but you know how some days can get you down)

 

There still are the fair share of bad days and painful to deal with staff - but you're going to get those wherever you go.

 

Not saying this'd be the same for you - but thats how it worked for me.

[SpuffMonkey]

Since I have been driving a lot I have started to listen to radio 4 while I drive in the morning. Now my gf thinks im sad lol

 

Its sadly addictive isn't it? I rarely listen to any other station now. Worth the license fee on its own.

[penfold]

Remember interviews are a 2 way thing. It gives you the opportunity to see if you think you'll like the place too. You cant do that without going to the interview. I was in your place a few years back and the penny dropped that although I liked that job the fact that I was considering leaving (for what would have been a completely different job) made me realise I wasn't happy where I was. To be honest the lack of pay and grief that I was getting made me unhappy in work.

 

I have since moved twice now and although it is frustrating that I can no longer just make changes that need to be done(work is divided out to different people for respsonsibility) I now have more money and am given training...Something that would never have happend at my first school. Although sometimes I do miss the work of my first school I dont miss the pay and know I made the right choice to move on.

 

And as others have said, go to the interview, you can always say no if they offer you the job. You cant say yes if you dont go.