Friday, August 21, 2009

What to do?

Got some job offers. Now let's see:

  1. Current company- Pros: travel inbound almost every week, possible conversion from contract to permanent, good network. Cons: conversion could result with a pay-cut, career prospect not clear
  2. Previous company- Pros: can travel further, possible longer projects in Middle East and Africa starting after Eid Mubarak. Cons: company still recovering and not doing well, late salary payout (28th instead of 23rd)
  3. An established international company - Pros: better prospects ("Hi! I used to work at "), also will be stationed at project sites instead of desk-bound. Cons: no chance of travelling outbound, career prospect not clear
  4. A new unit in a construction company - Pros: new focused area, can leverage and develop expertise. Cons: working on Saturdays (gasp!!), desk-bound forever
Guess I'll wait what's the conversion offer is like. Besides, the economy is still bad to job-hop, rite?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

consider yourself lucky. at the time where the economy is bad, you still receive plenty of offer. in the past, i always believe in getting jobs that i like to do most. but in the end, the money is more important. LOL. go for the one that offers highest

raden putra said...

thx for the insight. guess the moment to 'do what we like to do' isn't now... yet. now is the time to 'paddle-paddle to the upstream, swim-swim to the riverbank', perhaps?