Okay I just started a part time job this week. Yesterday I got a call from another place I filled out an app for. Hers my problem, the first place is: set hours for 3 days a week, lower pay, no benefits little hours. The second: more hours. set schedule, higher pay and benefits. And yes can use the money. Which one would you take and what would you tell the other one, and be NICE.
Agree with what Ken said. Couple questions for you? How many more hours a week? Will that still fit in your family schedule? Me personally, if it worked for me, I would go with the second one you just heard from, I would tell the first one that another opportunity came up for you that you were not expecting and you feel that this opportunity would work out the best for you, has nothing to do with them.
EVery time I was in a position like this I took the wrong one. Go with you gut and what people you like better. I always tried to ralionalize everything and it never worked. I should have gone with the people I liked better.
First one 11 to 16, second one full time. Plus the second one will wait for the EOG's to end and then I can start. It will fit great in my family schedule.
That's a no-brainer. Take the second job, just be NICE about leaving the first one. You have to do what is best for you family and business is business. No one is going to look out for your best intersts but YOU.
So you can work till EOG's, thats plenty of notice for the first employer, not like you're leaving them high-n-dry.
Personal experience... Applied to two places, Glaxo SmithKline and CARQUEST. GSK hired me for a six month contract at a good pay rate. After working there a week, I got an offer from CARQUEST. Less money, but it was temp to perm (GSK rarely hires permanent, and has an 18 month cap on contractors). I'm currently working at CARQUEST, and I am now permanent. I made the manager at GSK a little angry but, as devilock76 said, I have to look out for what's best for me. If I had stayed at GSK, I would probably be currently looking for another contract in this less than ideal economy. As it is, I may be making a little less than I did at GSK, but I'm stable. Do what's best for you (keeping in mind that "you" may be you and your family"). Sometimes you need to burn a bridge or two just to keep the coward in you from retreating, but in the end you'll be happier that you did what you needed to do.
I would go to the first job and be honest. Tell them about the second offer. Maybe they will match it to keep you. Otherwise, I would give notice and take the second job.
