What job were you interviewed for, and would it mean relocating?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 16 Jul 2011, 21:57, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Another technician job, in South London
I had thought it'd be ok to commute, but it took over an hour to get from Marylebone to the institute and that was in the middle of the day - imagine how much worse it'd be in rush hour. So I'd have to move to south London, and I just don't fancy it tbh. Some of the institutes in north London would be ok, that are only a few tube stops or walkable from Marylebone, and I could live in Leamington adn commute in...it'd be hard, but if it's all I'm offered I'll take it. But I'd rather stay in the area, there's good stuff coming up at Oxford, and one job in Warwick and another in Birmingham. Fingers crossed...
(berk, Sat 16 Jul 2011, 22:00, Reply)

Well if you do have to change to a job you'd rather not do, just remember that you've not signed up for life
You can change jobs again after 6 months if needs be.

So don't fret too much.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 16 Jul 2011, 22:05, Reply)

No, you sign a contract for however long the funding is for
it's not the done thing to leave midway through as it screws up funding and continuity in the lab, and it would look very bad on my CV.
(berk, Sat 16 Jul 2011, 22:07, Reply)

I'm only really familiar with commercial sectors. Consider my 'helpful' comment retracted.
What locations, if you had to move, would you consider?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 16 Jul 2011, 22:08, Reply)

If location/TC wasn't an issue
then I'd move anywhere, really. Manchester, Bristol, Cambridge and London particularly.
(berk, Sat 16 Jul 2011, 22:11, Reply)

I'm guessing you couldn't move and for TC to follow you down later?
I'd imagine there are more Tennis opportunities in London.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 16 Jul 2011, 22:12, Reply)

No, it was mentioned
and I think he'd like to move to London for a few years...but he's just bought a flat here, and a lot of what he does is self-employed, and if he were to move he'd have to build all of that up again. So unless he were headhunted for a particular club, a move isn't really financially feasible.
(berk, Sat 16 Jul 2011, 22:13, Reply)

I'm sure you're both considering all of the best options
I hope you get the right role in the right location and everything if good.

When is your last day in your current role likely to be?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 16 Jul 2011, 22:21, Reply)

30th September, as it currently stands
which is why I might have issues with the pierbash - it's not really the done thing to take ones last day off as annual leave, is it?
(berk, Sat 16 Jul 2011, 22:22, Reply)

But you can phone in sick!
:-)
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 16 Jul 2011, 22:26, Reply)