11-25-2011, 06:00 AM
Similar position here.
I'm only working part time for my former full-time employer & have been freelancing to make ends meet.
'Just interviewed for a job that wouldn't provide me with more money than I'm earning now, but it'll save me from digging up work when things slow down, paying my own health insurance and doing my own invoicing/billing/collections. Plus, it'd put me on a regular work-schedule. And they've got low-turnover, which is a good indicator that it's not a bad place to work. That's all very appealing.
The big downside is that they'd want me to sign a noncompete that would potentially prevent me from working in this field for 2 years in this region if (when) we had a parting of the ways. I'd have to move if I ever quit the company and went back to what I'm doing now.
...And I wouldn't be free to make my own schedule anymore.
'Not sure which way I'm gonna jump yet.
I'm only working part time for my former full-time employer & have been freelancing to make ends meet.
'Just interviewed for a job that wouldn't provide me with more money than I'm earning now, but it'll save me from digging up work when things slow down, paying my own health insurance and doing my own invoicing/billing/collections. Plus, it'd put me on a regular work-schedule. And they've got low-turnover, which is a good indicator that it's not a bad place to work. That's all very appealing.
The big downside is that they'd want me to sign a noncompete that would potentially prevent me from working in this field for 2 years in this region if (when) we had a parting of the ways. I'd have to move if I ever quit the company and went back to what I'm doing now.
...And I wouldn't be free to make my own schedule anymore.
'Not sure which way I'm gonna jump yet.