Poll: Job Decision Help

[Liviathan]

I've been doing contract/part time work since June 2003 when I was laidoff. I am in IT.

So I've been searching for a full time position that was right, since the job I was laidoff from sucked, I don't want to repeat the same mistakes. Had a hard time finding something permanent or at least long term until recently.

So in the last 2 weeks two things came up...a 3 month contract with no chance of full-time hire. The contact may get extended. Pay is good. But the work itself is pretty boring, just modifying a current system.

Option B, a 30 day contact, with either Full Hired or dismissal at the end of the 30days. 30 days would be a test drive for the company and me to see if we like each other. More work here than the option, is actually developing products from scratch. Pay would be good, benefits and all....and the work is really cool.

Option A is about 10 miles from my house, option B 15miles. Its funny that they are both in the same direction, commute would be pretty much the same both of them.

So which should I go....Just need some help, and arguments.

 

[Drakkon]

I tend to think its more which one is more your style of work and doing something you'll enjoy. I'd rather spend 30 days at a company i like than 3 months at a company i dont.

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: Drakkon
I tend to think its more which one is more your style of work and doing something you'll enjoy. I'd rather spend 30 days at a company i like than 3 months at a company i dont.

Take B. The ball is in your court. If you do well, you get hired.

The only drawback as I see it is that they may be fleecing you in saying they may hire. They may only need 30 days of work and they are using the hire as the carrot to attract.

 

[Liviathan]

Well there will be more than 30 days of work. They were actually pretty cool about it and have me some "homework" so I could read up on what I would be working on and what am getting myself into.

 

[Kelemvor]

Why would you even consider the one with no future? Unless you are planning on being a total screw-up, most temp to hire positions are just formatilties in case you lied on your resume and don't know wtf you are doing.

i'd definitely take the one that the chance of getting hired on. Work hard for the first 30 days and then once you get hired you can start slacking off.

 

[torpid]

Why would anyone hire someone for 30 days to develop a new system? The only reason I can think of is that they really want someone full time but want the option to fire them after 30 days if they suck.

As for the other option, I don't know why you would think updating an old system is any more boring than creating a new one. It depends a lot on the program(s), your experience, etc.

There's too little information here to say for sure. They are both reasonable options, for me it would depend on the people, atmosphere, technology, etc.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
Why would you even consider the one with no future? Unless you are planning on being a total screw-up, most temp to hire positions are just formatilties in case you lied on your resume and don't know wtf you are doing.

i'd definitely take the one that the chance of getting hired on. Work hard for the first 30 days and then once you get hired you can start slacking off.

Read it again, it says no full time hire, but the contract may get extended. That is pretty common... it really means we want a long term contract position but will fire you after 3 months if you suck.

 

[Liviathan]

Originally posted by: torpid
Read it again, it says no full time hire, but the contract may get extended. That is pretty common... it really means we want a long term contract position but will fire you after 3 months if you suck.

Actually I think it would just be 3-4 months. No long term project...

I think I will go with the chance at a full time position.

 

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
Why would you even consider the one with no future? Unless you are planning on being a total screw-up, most temp to hire positions are just formatilties in case you lied on your resume and don't know wtf you are doing.

i'd definitely take the one that the chance of getting hired on. Work hard for the first 30 days and then once you get hired you can start slacking off.

Read it again, it says no full time hire, but the contract may get extended. That is pretty common... it really means we want a long term contract position but will fire you after 3 months if you suck.

It says:

Option B, a 30 day contact, with either Full Hired or dismissal at the end of the 30days

Assuming that if you don't F-Up you would get hired instead of fired......