Which Job would you take II ? - with poll

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Which one would YOU take

  • Job 1 - Netapp, big company, less pay

  • Job 2 - Sys/Lan admin/support, small growing company, more pay

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TheNinja

Lifer
Jan 22, 2003
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Job #1 (This is the job i would be trained for now) :
Data Management for a very large company - Team of 6 people worldwide working with NetApp, SAN, NAS, etc.
A lot more administrative duties, like paper work, reports, project work, meetings, etc.
60 miles 1 way (1 hour to 2 hours depending on traffic) - Can likely work from home 2 days a week
Very Big company - very structured, lots of places to move around within IT if desired
Good Salary, benefits, etc.

Job #2:
LAN Admin / Support for a smaller company 1 location and ~20 field based users and ~80 onsite people. Report directly to the CIO
Basically a 2 man team for a location of around 100 users that does everything from AD, Exchange, Cisco, EDI, SQL, VMs, desktop support, laptop images, etc.
20 miles 1 way (25 minutes to 45 mins depending on traffic - Would have to go in everyday, but eventually work 1 day from home).
~$14k pay increase when benefit and 401k difference is factored in.


I did not search out the new job, they came after me.
Basically Company 1 - Huge company, netapp data, less pay, further distance
Company 2 - small company, sys admin, closer distance
 
AyashiKaibutsu

AyashiKaibutsu

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Jan 24, 2004
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I don't like paper work or long drives long drives, and it sounds like the second option will get your hands into a lot more stuff so I picked option 2.
 
Farmer

Farmer

Diamond Member
Dec 23, 2003
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I could never work at a huge company. Option 2 is obvious for me.
 
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Elbryn

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Sep 30, 2000
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wasnt this posted before?

what do you like? option one sounds like a rote repetitious job where you're primary role is zoning/provisioning or setting up nfs/cif shares and granting access based on requests coming in via projects. toss in monitoring automated reports for possible hotspots that require addressing. option two is a mixed bag where you have to work with end users, the spyware, the office software issues, etc.. but also get to have more freedom to work on a large variety of things.. you also get more input on designing solutions to meet needs.

option 1 has better promotion prospects. option 2 is looking more constrained. option 2 is also more jack of all trades, moving upwards may be harder due to the know a bit about everything but not a master of anything niche. in the smaller environment, you're less likely to encounter the problems and difficulties that come with larger scale environments.

i agree though, with option 2 around, you should be negotiating with option 1 to get more money if that's the route you want to go.
 
hanoverphist

hanoverphist

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Dec 7, 2006
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lemme tell you a tale of bad decisions and ignored foresight from my youth. i was working concerts setting up stages, having a great time for a little bit of money. one of the guys i worked with was a good friend of mine, and his wife worked in a new company that was looking for web developers. since i was in college for digital animation and such, he told me about the job. i talked to her and another guy at the company, decided that it wouldnt work with my school schedule. secretly i thought the company was going to fail within 2 years, but i didnt say that out loud. there were only 4 employees in this company. a few years later, talking to my friend reminded me of the job and i looked up the company to see how it was doing. godaddy.com was alive and strong. my life would definitely be different had i taken that job as employee number 5.
 
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Numenorean

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Oct 26, 2008
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Yeah give me Option 2 as well. Sounds like a better job and it pays more. Yeah smaller company, but that means you usually have more of a voice in what goes on rather than having to deal with stupid shitty decisions made by a bunch of morons paid 10x what they should be.
 
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TheNinja

Lifer
Jan 22, 2003
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Interesting that most chose 2. I posted a poll like this a few weeks ago. I was offered another "option 2" job. But that option 2 has 45 minutes minimum commute and paid $14k less per year too.

It's tough, but definitely leaning towards 2. Nothing wrong with either one though...except a 1-2 hours commute 3 times a week for 1. Worst case, I tell #1 about my offer and they match. Now THAT would make it a tough decision.
 
2Xtreme21

2Xtreme21

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Jun 13, 2004
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#2. Big companies mean more big politics and upper management is unbelievably out of touch with everything else going on. Definitely take it.
 
GeekDrew

GeekDrew

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Jun 7, 2000
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TheNinja said:
Interesting that most chose 2. I posted a poll like this a few weeks ago. I was offered another "option 2" job. But that option 2 has 45 minutes minimum commute and paid $14k less per year too.

It's tough, but definitely leaning towards 2. Nothing wrong with either one though...except a 1-2 hours commute 3 times a week for 1. Worst case, I tell #1 about my offer and they match. Now THAT would make it a tough decision.
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Not really, #2 would still win.
 
MotionMan

MotionMan

Lifer
Jan 11, 2006
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TheNinja said:
Interesting that most chose 2. I posted a poll like this a few weeks ago. I was offered another "option 2" job. But that option 2 has 45 minutes minimum commute and paid $14k less per year too.
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Wait. Option 2 has LESS pay? That is NOT how you wrote it up in the OP:

TheNinja said:
Job #2:
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~$14k pay increase when benefit and 401k difference is factored in.
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MotionMan
 
Hacp

Hacp

Lifer
Jun 8, 2005
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Option 1. It is always easier to transition from a bigger corporation to a smaller business.
 
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