Hi FV people!
I'm pretty new to the forums here, so hopefully I posted this in a good place to get some replies.
I have an opportunity that has come up and I am conflicted on what is the best option at this point so hoping to get some opinions/advice. Here's the situation:
I work as a emergency/critical care veterinary technician for a wonderful company in a major metro area. Seriously, this is the cream of the crop for hospitals in this state. I've been here FT for 2 1/2 years. I have an advanced certification that i attained last year, I'm a shift lead, I've been licensed for 8 years and in the field for 10. I make nearly top of the pay scale for this career field. I work graveyard shift, which is what I prefer (by FAR).
I rent an apartment about 30 min from my job. I own a house about 2 hours away that I rent to basically the perfect tenants. I moved from the house in order to take this job 3 years ago because quality ER hospitals no longer existed close enough to commute.
Due to many factors, I have decided that when my current tenants leave, I will move back to my house (2hrs from work). There is now another branch of my current work that is just over an hour commute from the hosue, so that is doable. My tenants are long-term. They may leave when the lease is up in 4 months (unlikely) or it may be another 3+ years before they leave. I do not want to kick them out ahead of time. I am underwater on the house by 30-60K so no chance or interest in selling. No need to foreclose or short-sell. I am not interested or capable of buying a second home close to my current workplace.
The dilemma right now:
The sister branch hospital will have an opening for a FT graveyard shift tech in the next couple of months. There are only 2 of these positions at all and the availability of them can be few and far between. Considering my future plans to move back to my house and try to at that time transfer as soon as possible to this sister hospital, it seems reasonable to consider moving into this position now. But there are a lot of factors at play.
Pros to moving now:
- I want to be at this hospital once I move back to my house
- I really want to work graveyard shift and if I wait to transfer until I know I'm moving, I might be stuck commuting 2 hours for weeks to months and/or I might get stuck having to take a day or swing shift which is definitely more stressful and overal far less desirable than the opening graveyard shift
- I *may* be able to get in on the ground floor as a head floor tech and/or head training tech
Cons to moving now:
- It's a longer commute from my current apartment - 45min-1hr each way as opposed to 30min now.
- It may be 2+ years before I move back to the house
- I JUST moved to 2 days/wk (PT) at my current job (my choice for burnout reasons) and the open position is 3 days/wk (FT) - this is not necessarily set in stone, I may be able to work it to stay PT
- Currently I'm a shift lead which = $1/hr. The sister hospital doesn't have shift leads to they might take that pay away? - however they may institute a shift lead/head tech/training tech position that I may be able to take which would probably mean staying at least at the same pay level.
- I don't know some of the people I'd be working with at the sister hospital so unknown if there would be any interpersonal issues. I currently really like the people I work with at my current hospital.
- I am really accustomed and happy with the dynamic/flow at my current hospital and it is different at the sister hospital - in overall atmosphere and with the caseload and scheduling dynamics- not necessarily bad but definitely different.
Some of the cons are bigger issues, some of them are more minor. I guess my issue is that i really like and am happy with where I am now. Is it worth potentially rocking the boat in order to put myself into a good position for a change that may be up to a few years down the road? Or should I just stay where I am and figure it out when the time comes? Whenever my tenants DO leave, I'll hopefully have 2+ months notice to get moved in some way to the sister hospital. And then I am definitely first in line for any open graveyard shift. I haven't formally declared my interest in this opening graveyard because I wanted to figure out if I would honestly be seriously interested first. Help!
I'm pretty new to the forums here, so hopefully I posted this in a good place to get some replies.
I have an opportunity that has come up and I am conflicted on what is the best option at this point so hoping to get some opinions/advice. Here's the situation:
I work as a emergency/critical care veterinary technician for a wonderful company in a major metro area. Seriously, this is the cream of the crop for hospitals in this state. I've been here FT for 2 1/2 years. I have an advanced certification that i attained last year, I'm a shift lead, I've been licensed for 8 years and in the field for 10. I make nearly top of the pay scale for this career field. I work graveyard shift, which is what I prefer (by FAR).
I rent an apartment about 30 min from my job. I own a house about 2 hours away that I rent to basically the perfect tenants. I moved from the house in order to take this job 3 years ago because quality ER hospitals no longer existed close enough to commute.
Due to many factors, I have decided that when my current tenants leave, I will move back to my house (2hrs from work). There is now another branch of my current work that is just over an hour commute from the hosue, so that is doable. My tenants are long-term. They may leave when the lease is up in 4 months (unlikely) or it may be another 3+ years before they leave. I do not want to kick them out ahead of time. I am underwater on the house by 30-60K so no chance or interest in selling. No need to foreclose or short-sell. I am not interested or capable of buying a second home close to my current workplace.
The dilemma right now:
The sister branch hospital will have an opening for a FT graveyard shift tech in the next couple of months. There are only 2 of these positions at all and the availability of them can be few and far between. Considering my future plans to move back to my house and try to at that time transfer as soon as possible to this sister hospital, it seems reasonable to consider moving into this position now. But there are a lot of factors at play.
Pros to moving now:
- I want to be at this hospital once I move back to my house
- I really want to work graveyard shift and if I wait to transfer until I know I'm moving, I might be stuck commuting 2 hours for weeks to months and/or I might get stuck having to take a day or swing shift which is definitely more stressful and overal far less desirable than the opening graveyard shift
- I *may* be able to get in on the ground floor as a head floor tech and/or head training tech
Cons to moving now:
- It's a longer commute from my current apartment - 45min-1hr each way as opposed to 30min now.
- It may be 2+ years before I move back to the house
- I JUST moved to 2 days/wk (PT) at my current job (my choice for burnout reasons) and the open position is 3 days/wk (FT) - this is not necessarily set in stone, I may be able to work it to stay PT
- Currently I'm a shift lead which = $1/hr. The sister hospital doesn't have shift leads to they might take that pay away? - however they may institute a shift lead/head tech/training tech position that I may be able to take which would probably mean staying at least at the same pay level.
- I don't know some of the people I'd be working with at the sister hospital so unknown if there would be any interpersonal issues. I currently really like the people I work with at my current hospital.
- I am really accustomed and happy with the dynamic/flow at my current hospital and it is different at the sister hospital - in overall atmosphere and with the caseload and scheduling dynamics- not necessarily bad but definitely different.
Some of the cons are bigger issues, some of them are more minor. I guess my issue is that i really like and am happy with where I am now. Is it worth potentially rocking the boat in order to put myself into a good position for a change that may be up to a few years down the road? Or should I just stay where I am and figure it out when the time comes? Whenever my tenants DO leave, I'll hopefully have 2+ months notice to get moved in some way to the sister hospital. And then I am definitely first in line for any open graveyard shift. I haven't formally declared my interest in this opening graveyard because I wanted to figure out if I would honestly be seriously interested first. Help!