HUGE dilemma

WoodyMax

Hi, As the 'new' job would play havoc with your social life and possibly leave you feeling exhausted, if it were me I would keep your current job. Possibly look for some challenging voluntary work that could really develop you (The Police Force for example?) and that way you may be able to decide the direction your career takes rather than being swept along with the tide.

Good luck to you.

Woody

denla

The new job will leave you no time to study or find new jobs in the future. You'll have no social life. You'll have plenty more money to spend, but no time or mood to spend it, and nobody to spend it with.

dandelionclock30

Regarding the Pt job with the dog can you take it to dog training classes to help it? as you said it had a problem with being viscious. Is there any reason it cant be taken out of the grounds with a muzzel and a good harness on. You could develop the dog and your knowledge by doing this.
It could be the the dog is bored wth being in its own grounds all the time and thats why its playing up.
Could you do the other job part time? so it will give you something elce to do? If you stay with the dog then like someone elce said do either voluntary work or a course to move you forward.
I definatley think its worth a shot talking to the owners about taking the dog out .

dizzyrascal

Can you not take on extra dog walking clients in the other daily hours?
This way you could develop a small business and keep your skills up to date.
The thing that worries me about your current role is that it is entirely dependent upon the one dog. If anything happens to the dog, you are out of a job.
If you do 8 - 12 for your current client you could be seeing 4-5 more in the afternoon.
If you work 10 - 12 them you could see and walk 2 (or more) between 8 - 10 and maybe more between 2 - 5 in the evening. I realise that most people who want this service all want their dogs to have attention at lunchtime so that their animals are not alone for long spells, but you may get people who work odd hours or work long days.
Cat sitting often just means calling in to feed and check everything is ok.
Not arduous work but it is providing a service that people want.
I would much rather have a trusted person feed and tend to my animals then send them to kennels or a cattery. I know people at work who use dog sitters and they prize a good one above close family members.

tyllwyd

I can't help thinking that 40 years old is very young to be spending 4 hours a day just sitting around in someone else's house keeping an eye on their dog. What else do you do while you are there?

I agree with the others who say that you are leaving yourself very vulnerable if your employer's circumstances change - it is not going to look great on your cv. If you don't take the job, for your own sake you need to be studying, or looking for another part time job, just to keep your options open.

Silver_123

tyllwyd wrote: »

I can't help thinking that 40 years old is very young to be spending 4 hours a day just sitting around in someone else's house keeping an eye on their dog. What else do you do while you are there?

I agree with the others who say that you are leaving yourself very vulnerable if your employer's circumstances change - it is not going to look great on your cv. If you don't take the job, for your own sake you need to be studying, or looking for another part time job, just to keep your options open.

Exactly! I'm going ga-ga!! I like the money but it isn't everything!

paddedjohn

Since you are only working 4 hrs a day, can't you find some other job to fit around it so that you can ease yourself back into day to day normality.