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I dislike my job, my best friends and mentors have left and so I resigned 3 months ago. I have got 2 great offers for employment which I need to decide between. However a massive turn of fate occurs. 4 weeks ago I find out that my company is being sold and I have enough options to pay off a third of my mortgage! - but I can only get this money if I agree to withdraw my resignation and sign a retention clause with the buyers of our compny that means I cannot work for a competitor for 2 years!! - job, happiness and pissing off companies who have offered me a job versus unhappiness and a lot of money that will help the family and enable us to take the kids on holiday a lot more and pay off some of the mortgage. What do I do!!
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What would the guys that are offering you a job do?? Plus you said you have 2 offers. and haven't decided ... so in reality you would have to at least turn down one of them. Both of them realize it can be them that you turn down. They just don't realize it will end up being both of them.
Explain the situation. They will understand if they put themselves in your shoes. Communication keeps doors open for future opportunities.
But of course.... you need to decide if you like your job well enough to stay another 2 years.
Remember: Never burn your bridges!!
Well, maybe if the company is sold, you won't mind working there. I would definitely take the money and suck it up for 2 years! Good luck!
I would take one of the great jobs.
you quit this company for a reason. yes a big lump of money would be great, but happiness is worth ALOT more. you were obviously going to do just fine getting a new job, otherwise you wouldn't have quit. to me it would be worth it to take a little longer paying off the mortgage and to be happy. than to "sell your soul" and spend the next 2 years with that bad gut feeling.
only you can decide what's best for you though.
#1 I would check out the company that is buying your employers out and make sure they are the kind of company that you would care to work for,
#2 If you take the money and stay even if you are not happy, I would think eventually you will become resentful of the things that you thought were your reasons for doing so. (kinda the way the human brain protects us from guilt)
#3 How do you know you will like either of the new positions better until you have worked there? Is there anyway to set up a "shadow day" at the other work sites, to kind of get a feeling of the work place atmosphere at the 2 new jobs before you make your final decision?
I would think you need to talk things over with your partner and if you dislike your job enough to resign in the first place maybe it is just a good time for a change.
Good Luck!
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