Pro and con
I interviewed for a position as the business manager/secretary for the Interventional radiology dept at the hospital. I'm not at all disatisfied with my job at the hospital at all so I'm not entirely sure why I applied. Maybe I just wanted to think about the possibility of something else even if I ultimately don't decide to DO something else. I guess just knowing that another department WANTS me and that I COULD do something else if I wanted to feels good.
The basics.
It would be 8-3:30 Monday through Friday. No weekends or holidays ever. I'm not sure about the pay yet. It's a pay grade higher than the one I'm at now, but since I've been at this one for 12+ years, it might not actually be a pay raise for me.
It's a new position that's just been created.
Pro
It would be cool to be in a position so new. I could make it my own and I wouldn't have to deal with the "we've always done it this way" attitudes you sometimes get in other places. It would be challenging to have to learn all this new stuff, new computer systems, new filing systems.
Con
though a challenge is great, I've recently taken on the challenge of working for my brother and that has me stressed (not entirely a bad thing) enough. I don't know if I want both of my jobs to be ones that weigh on my brain so much. Right now the work I do is no brainer stuff because I'm so comfortable with it and so used to it. This would no longer be the case if I was doing this new job.
Pro
No weekends or holidays
Con
No weekends or holidays. Right now, I can take a day off during the week and not use my PTO because I can work a weekend to make up for it. That's nice to be able to do that. Also...when I work the weekend, I usually work 2nd shift which gives me a 15% differential that adds a bit to my paycheck. I couldn't do that in this job so any time off I took would have to be PTO.
Pro
This job is 70 hours a pay period so even if the pay was the same, my paycheck would be bigger because now I'm only 64 hours a pay check.
Con
This job is 70 hours a pay period. I've gotten kind of used to having every Tuesday afternoon off and being able to have a whole day off but only using 4 hours of PTO. It's nice. Having to work only 32 hours a week makes it easy to flex my schedule. For instance. If I work an 8 hour Sunday shift, I can take all of Tuesday off and 4 more hours somewhere during the week without using any PTO. This job would be 7 hours every day. bleh.
Pro
I would be wearing scrubs at work so I could come to work in jeans or sweats and it wouldn't matter because I'd be changing into green surgical scrubs at work anyway.
Con
See above. I like clothes. I like my new Lia Sophia jewelry and in a way, it would be boring to always be wearing scrubs. Then again....it would be cheaper.
Pro
Dr Capasso (the one who does 90% of the proceedures there and the one who'd I'd be working the most with) is a great guy. Funny, nice and he's a huge LOTR and Lost fan! He would be great to work for.
Con
I've heard rumors that he's planning on taking a teaching job somewhere. I could take this job and 6 months from now be working for a Dr who's a prig.
Con
My desk would in the corner of their locker room/break room that's not much bigger than the office I'm in now.
Pro
My desk (such as it is) would be mine and mine alone. I wouldn't have to share it with two other people.
WEll....that's about all I can think of right now. The money will be either a pro or a con, but I have to wait to hear about that.
I don't know if they'll even offer me the job, so this might be a moot point. But it's good to consider all of this before hand.
The basics.
It would be 8-3:30 Monday through Friday. No weekends or holidays ever. I'm not sure about the pay yet. It's a pay grade higher than the one I'm at now, but since I've been at this one for 12+ years, it might not actually be a pay raise for me.
It's a new position that's just been created.
Pro
It would be cool to be in a position so new. I could make it my own and I wouldn't have to deal with the "we've always done it this way" attitudes you sometimes get in other places. It would be challenging to have to learn all this new stuff, new computer systems, new filing systems.
Con
though a challenge is great, I've recently taken on the challenge of working for my brother and that has me stressed (not entirely a bad thing) enough. I don't know if I want both of my jobs to be ones that weigh on my brain so much. Right now the work I do is no brainer stuff because I'm so comfortable with it and so used to it. This would no longer be the case if I was doing this new job.
Pro
No weekends or holidays
Con
No weekends or holidays. Right now, I can take a day off during the week and not use my PTO because I can work a weekend to make up for it. That's nice to be able to do that. Also...when I work the weekend, I usually work 2nd shift which gives me a 15% differential that adds a bit to my paycheck. I couldn't do that in this job so any time off I took would have to be PTO.
Pro
This job is 70 hours a pay period so even if the pay was the same, my paycheck would be bigger because now I'm only 64 hours a pay check.
Con
This job is 70 hours a pay period. I've gotten kind of used to having every Tuesday afternoon off and being able to have a whole day off but only using 4 hours of PTO. It's nice. Having to work only 32 hours a week makes it easy to flex my schedule. For instance. If I work an 8 hour Sunday shift, I can take all of Tuesday off and 4 more hours somewhere during the week without using any PTO. This job would be 7 hours every day. bleh.
Pro
I would be wearing scrubs at work so I could come to work in jeans or sweats and it wouldn't matter because I'd be changing into green surgical scrubs at work anyway.
Con
See above. I like clothes. I like my new Lia Sophia jewelry and in a way, it would be boring to always be wearing scrubs. Then again....it would be cheaper.
Pro
Dr Capasso (the one who does 90% of the proceedures there and the one who'd I'd be working the most with) is a great guy. Funny, nice and he's a huge LOTR and Lost fan! He would be great to work for.
Con
I've heard rumors that he's planning on taking a teaching job somewhere. I could take this job and 6 months from now be working for a Dr who's a prig.
Con
My desk would in the corner of their locker room/break room that's not much bigger than the office I'm in now.
Pro
My desk (such as it is) would be mine and mine alone. I wouldn't have to share it with two other people.
WEll....that's about all I can think of right now. The money will be either a pro or a con, but I have to wait to hear about that.
I don't know if they'll even offer me the job, so this might be a moot point. But it's good to consider all of this before hand.