What would you do?
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- Anetalaya
So you have this job, 8:30 to 6, the payment is average, you do design but the place is not design related (is a computer seller, but they created a marketing departament).
Your work is to do websites packing and advertising. Not bad, but you feel lonely as hell, cause you are the only freak (or out of average) in there and since you are the only creative is consuming your mind, you came home and you don't have energy left to paint or do freelance job or illustration or any other creative thing that you may like to do.
You plan to quit, go 2 weeks on vacations (that you have been waitng for to long) and start looking for a job on a design agency or similar after that.
In the other hand, you have been offered a job in a small printer, the job is not that hard, not very creative, but the people is cool, and it may let you time and energy to do the thing you like to do. The payment would be around the same as your previous job, but is only for 3 months.
What would you do? stay with your job (you asked to work part time but the don't seems to be interested on that), go on vacation or accpet to other job?
I' totally and absolutly confused, I need opinions.
- Anetalaya0
The perfect solution would be to get a job in other country, thats what I want, but is not going to happen any time soon.... soo....
- wonderwagon0
do you make more than $27,000?
do you have benefits/medical?
w.w.?
- Bio0
dont get in a rut.
pass your resume around and then go on vacation at some of the places you sent a resume to.
dont call them and ask if you can interview, just call them and tell them you are in town for a couple of days and would like to bring by your portfolio. you will probably never get turned down if you do that. you may not find a job, but they will remember you. and at least you got in the door, but chances are if your stuff is good, then you might have accomplished something.
most places that "arent hiring" are usually looking anyway.
just DONT GET IN A RUT! it will kill you.
- neurofish0
identofy with you completely, have tried working at home, but like you said the creativity has been killed, I happen to be theonly one as well, and there are 45 other employees.. I would try working at home, (although that doesn't work for me like I want, but I make do), or accept another job..
If you have intellectual freedom where you work, that is heaven, hard to find on earth..
- Anetalaya0
the first job have benefits, but in a 3rd world country that is not very great...
The socond one will not have benefits, cause is a contract for 3 months
$27.000..... hahahahaha, again 3rd world country.... lets say I win the average.
w.w.? .............. ???
- Anetalaya0
to late Bio I'm already in some short of rut....
I'm scared of not finding a job if I let this 2 go....
- subSTANCE0
hmmm... I think I would have to go with the 3 month contract job, personally... maybe use the money you would save from not going on vacation to help save up for a move?... even though that may not contribute much...
but what do I know?
- mitsu0
since you're asking what i'd do:
i would leave, sell everything i own and move away. start a new life. clean slate. yeah....
- Anetalaya0
neurofish
I use to work at home, and it does work for me... in fact that casue me a problem, I got used to work whenever I want.... so geting used to work from 8 to 6 has been veeeeeeeeeeeeery hard.
In fact I love to work freelance... and working at home I surroinded with all my painting and book and thing I like and inspire me, I can listen to musci too, wich I can't do on my actula job =/
- Anetalaya0
well, subSTANCE, that's probably a good idea, to save for a move....
the money I save from vacation.... well, I wont pay for that, my dad will, since I'm going with him (the idea is going to argentina to visit my family) =P
- Anetalaya0
mitsu I would have done that a year ago if I had the money... but I do need a new life right now...
- Anetalaya0
I need to answer this afternoon and I'm still not sure.... =(
- ave0
Perhaps you should consider that nothing in life is certain. You might turn down the 3 month contract, then suddenly get laid off from your full time job. You would have wished you had taken the contract then.
of course there are many what if's, and the biggest one is:
What if you don't live the life you want to? How will you feel when your old and grey?
I believe, and not because of religion, that if you go for the life you want, work your hardest at it and be the best you can be, things will work out.
Be the child you once were, reach out and grab hold of what you want. :)
- unknown0
i was working in a design studio, not really good, but not bad (the most famous stuff we made was sonar....). i was unhappy due to the crappy clients. then i move to germany, looking for something new and fresh. and right now im working in an agency where i am the only true designer. when i work they look at me as....
conclusion: think really about it..............
- unknown0
im getting a depression. really. making a logo with a 3d photoshop crappy effect. thats what the boss wants.
- Anetalaya0
thanks ave for that advice....
- Anetalaya0
that what I fear if I go for the 3 months job jg.... because they are a very, very small printer.... the only good thing I see there for certain, is that I will learn a little more about printing process
- unknown0
a friend of mine work in that kind of place. the people are nice but the clients, ufffff, they are really really crazy crappy stupid ones. he learnt a lot of stuff but forget anything related to design or discipline.