14-03-2018, 06:50 PM
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Ambition
Do you have it?Or when you worked...did you have it?
I have never been ambitious...
I work to live .. not vice versa.
Perhaps that's because I'm a working mum and the work-life balance has always been important to me
The only reason I have reached middle management is because I was sort of pushed in to it
I'm being "encouraged" to go for a higher job again now and all I can see are the extra hours stretching before me!!!
Pay rise is significant.
What would you do or would you have done?
14-03-2018, 06:56 PM
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Re: Ambition
Im firmly in the work to live campI gave up my career in 1999 and never looked back. The higher up I went, the more hours, the more pressure, the less down time and family life
Since then Ive only ever worked part time and I wouldn't have it any other way
Money isn't the be all and end all.
14-03-2018, 06:57 PM
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Re: Ambition
Originally Posted by Adanac
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Rhian....you said that work-life balance is important. You have to decide how important the extra money is and how it will affect that balance.Go with your gut and you can't go wrong.
I shall have to make a pro versus cons list!
14-03-2018, 07:00 PM
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Re: Ambition
Originally Posted by Nicol
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Never really been ambitious, just go with the flow really.I've had a few middle management jobs that I sort of fell into but they were stressful and affected my quality of life so 20 years ago I made the decision to just be an oik. Never looked back
14-03-2018, 07:00 PM
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Re: Ambition
This sounds a bit like my daughter Rhian. She is wrestling with something similar at the moment, but her children are still quite young. I have always been a bit ambitious, but you are right, work/life balance is very important. It does depends on what else is going on in your life IMO and whether you would "manage" and/or enjoy the change/challenge - or not. If you think you can do it and your children are grown up enough, I would say to go for it. If possible, try to negotiate the option to return to your original job if things don't work out.Regards. Aero
14-03-2018, 07:03 PM
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Re: Ambition
Originally Posted by Aerolor
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This sounds a bit like my daughter Rhian. She is wrestling with something similar at the moment, but her children are still quite young. I have always been a bit ambitious, but you are right, work/life balance is very important. It does depends on what else is going on in your life IMO and whether you would "manage" and/or enjoy the change/challenge - or not. If you think you can do it and your children are grown up enough, I would say to go for it. If possible, try to negotiate the option to return to your original job if things don't work out.Regards. Aero
Ask for a year contract initially, as much for their security as my own!
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