View Poll Results: What should I do?

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  • Stay in my comfort-zone job with crappy pay

    1 9.09%
  • Take a chance and apply for the high-stress, higher-pay technician job

    8 72.73%
  • Tell them I'm not ready to apply and hope another position opens up in the near future

    2 18.18%
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Thread: Help me decide!!

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    Default Help me decide!!

    OK, first of all - many of you know that I am not a stripper or in the adult industry currently. I work in a company that makes a famous, internationally known product. I work at a manufacturing plant, but in the front office doing A/P, payroll and other admin work. Not exactly lucrative or exciting. My hours are 8-4:30.

    There is an opening in my building in our Quality Control Lab as a Lab Tech. The pay is almost double what I make in a year (which is still peanuts compared to most of you!). Anyway, the pay is nearly double but the hours are terrible! 4:00PM-12:00AM, 5-6 days a week, with possibilities of working until 2-4AM occasionally. And the job is a LOT more demanding and stressful. It is in more of a factory setting, where I'd be testing the chemical make-up of the products (to make sure there's no impurities, etc). I DID already express some interest to the hiring manager and he was kind enough to let me hang out with the techs to see what they do. (It looks VERY hard and I was VERY intimidated by how much I'd have to learn)

    My friends and family have told me that I should take the chance and try to get this job. I'm very scared and nervous b/c it's like nothing I have done before.

    I need unbiased advice and since we're all pretty much strangers.....I'd like to hear what you have to say about it.






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    Default Re: Help me decide!!

    Give it a shot. Most companies hire from the inside anyway.
    I'm sure the increase in pay is motivation enough to get it right. & Due to the crummy hours, they're probably short on applicants.
    Good luck.

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    Default Re: Help me decide!!

    Deep down inside I know I should challenge myself ...but I just need the motivation to put myself out there.

    I guess the hours shouldn't bother me .... I've been trying to get my foot in the door as housemom at a SC, which would end up being the same type of hours....just not as many days.

    I'm so nervous and scared.....I kinda like my little boring comfort zone....






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    I say go for it. Those hours even sound great to me, but I'm a night person. And the extra money is a great incentive! If it sucks, you could always decide you don't want to do it later on.

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    If you dont take the time to try you will never know, You cant knock it until you try it! Every job has it's pro's and cons
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    4 pm to midnight or 2 am are terrible hours? That's a night person's dream job. But if you are a morning person then I guess it wouldn't be worth it. Good luck with whatever you decide.

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    I didn't vote in the poll. This is one of those things you just need to decide for yourself. Best of luck!

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    It's not just the hours that are bad, it will end up being 6 days a week quite often. (Mon nite-Sat nite). There will even be times where it's 7 days a week here and there over our busy season.

    I know it's a decision I need to make on my own ....I just like to hear other people's opinions about it to help me weigh the good and the bad.






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    Default Re: Help me decide!!

    Take a chance. Do not fear the unknown. If you don't take the chance.. you'll always "what if I did..." and that's just plain horrible. If it doesn't work out for you in the end, you can always look for work elsewhere in the company and/or elswhere. Being a nightworker isn't all that bad... you'll get used to the hours.


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    Default Re: Help me decide!!

    Thanks for all of your input guys. I officially applied for the job, which is, on avg, 50-55 hours of work a week. Sucks big time....but oh well. I certainly don't have what it takes to strip, so this will have to do if I want to make decent money.

    Wish me luck! I hope it works out.






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