Need Advice! Should I Take This New Job?

[APC53]

I have been working at a LTC/MR facility for almost 3 years. I work midnight (my favorite shift) and I make a base pay of $8.81/hr, with a .50 differential. The overtime is readily available, mostly on the weekends.

There is another facility, much closer to home. I would to do weekend option, it pays $10.45/hr, plus differential....it's not available right now, but could be soon. I could start out on either Days or Midnights (no evenings for me!) making roughly $8.50-$9.00. They would also pay for experience, which should be around 10-20 cents per year.

Knowing that I could get the weekend option schedule I want if I just wait, should I take this job? Where I'm at now, part of of me doesn't want to leave. It's a huge comfort zone for me, and I feel very settled in doing what I have been for almost 3 years. And I know that after my next annual raise, I could be making around what I could at this other home.

I'm just really torn, if you can't tell. What should I do?

[baby bluz]

Hi!

That's a tough one. I can see where it's hard to choose, but maybe you could keep your hand in at the facility you are at now, and just ask them if you can work for them on a prn basis.

Then you could try out the new place and still pick up shifts at the place where you are now. I did that, and I really liked it. I ended up going to a place that paid more, and making more on a prn basis at the old place. It was a win-win.

But I'm sure you will make the right decision for you. Good luck! It's so nice to be in healthcare and have these options. :-)

[MaineEMT2RN]

So really the only thing the new job offers that you don't have now is that it's closer to home - right? It sounds like the pay rate isn't a significant difference. At the new place you'd have to wait for the shift you want; but at the job you have now you have the shift you want (a huge plus) and if you wait for your review you'll have an even better rate of pay.

Seems like a no brainer to me, unless the distance will have a real impact on your life. There's a lot to be said for having a job you already know, like and that fits into your life.