happy*confsed*dilemma

Wednesday, June 23, 2004

yeah, dat's my nick on msn yesterday. and for those of u asking why i am happy*confused and dilemma, well here's why.

i got an email from YRS yesterday offering me a position as purchasing officer. they are offering me $300 more than my current salary and asks me to get back to them within 7 days.

1 day has passed. i haven made up my mind. i told sis abt it and she told me to write a list of pros and cons, which i shall do now.


pros of this new job offer
1. extra $300
2. 5 day work week
3. which means i can cheong every friday. ok, dats not really a pro. at least matt doesnt think so.
4. lesser ot. i guess i dun have to stay in office till late like my current job.
5. im doing procurement, which means i do not have to entertain irritating customers again. hurray!!!

cons
1. the office is situated in orchard, which is further from my home.
2. which means i have to wake up earlier
3. and also means my travelling cost will go up.
4. the food in orchard is more expensive. now, i only spend $2 for lunch everyday. if i move to orchard, i think i need to spend twice the money for a meal.
5. there is no increment upon confirmation. increment will depends on performance.
6. no gaurenteed year end bonus. have to depend on whether the company is making $$ or not. i asked them abt pasts years and the person told me so far so good. hmmm. but if there is bonus this year end, mine will be pro rated. (actually BE, my now company also didnt gaurentee yearly bonus. so far, it the most is 1.5 mths.
7. no gaurenteed pay adjustment at end of the year. pay adjustment will be base on performance. (but BE also the same mah. though on the LOA they say that there will be a annual pay adjustment lah. but fuck them man, im here for 3 years already and my pay is still the same!!)
8. this purchaser job will be a more desk bound, boring job than my current job.
9. i probably have to dress more office wear, which means i have to spend money buying new clothes.
10. i have to gp through the cycle of getting to know my new colleagues and everything.

ohhh, seems like the cons surpass the pros leh. hmmm, actually deep down inside, one of the main factors that is pulling me back is that im afraid of changes. now, although my pay is low, but im on good terms with my bosses and colleagues. i can joke and laugh with them and i got recognition from my bosses. they let me handle my own projects and they let me work rather independently. should i trade these comfortness for an extra $300 per mth?? and even if i have an extra $240 (aft deducting the CPF) per mth, will i end up spending them away cause orchard is such a temtation ground for spending $$. plus if i tender my resignation now, how is BE going to survie?? im not saying that im so important that they will close down if im not around. but currently, johnny is already expanding elsewhere. yvonne is handling non engineering. so if im gone, who wll handle the engineering side?? SY?? she cant even handle simple procurement job. so if i tender now, i felt like im betraying all the niceness and kindness that chris, johnny and yvonne has given me.

so how???

Clatzz reflected on 1:04 PM