Cold Feet

Long Onion

No longer like my job but it pays well, have a young baby, applied for a masters and yesterday got accepted - now i'm getting cold feet.

Options:

1) Quit job, do masters (1 year taught masters in law, technology & governance)

2) Forget masters, plug away in crap job, hope things will improve

3) Get 'sick' take advantage of generous employers sick pay and do masters whilst 'ill', then return to work until i find something better?

Is the last one immoral - probably. Is my employer immoral - definately.

phasers

What about a night course?

genericguy

ask yourself what you will achieve with the masters, like how will it change things. you'd be surprised how little a masters can actually do for your career, particularly a taught one. if you have a lot of experience in your current field maybe try get a better job somewhere else, or even work in another country for a year. far more valuable than a masters imho.

EDIT: oh, congratulations by the way

Gone Drinking

Long Onion wrote: »

No longer like my job but it pays well, have a young baby, applied for a masters and yesterday got accepted - now i'm getting cold feet.

Wear some slippers..

genericguy

Gone Drinking wrote: »

Wear some slippers..

Sorry, even i can't give you that one :P

TheZohanS

Long Onion wrote: »

Options:

1) Quit job, do masters (1 year taught masters in law, technology & governance)

2) Forget masters, plug away in crap job, hope things will improve

3) Get 'sick' take advantage of generous employers sick pay and do masters whilst 'ill', then return to work until i find something better?

Is the last one immoral - probably. Is my employer immoral - definately.

Option 1 = Honest

Option 2 = You obviously don't want to do

Option 3 = Fraud

So unless your job entails doing something illegal I'd go with Option 1.

Fajitas!

Do the masters.

MagicMarker

If you're financially able to support a child while not working for a year, then the choice is obvious.























Dump em all and head to Barbados.

ejmaztec

Long Onion wrote: »

No longer like my job but it pays well, have a young baby, applied for a masters and yesterday got accepted - now i'm getting cold feet.

Options:

1) Quit job, do masters (1 year taught masters in law, technology & governance)

2) Forget masters, plug away in crap job, hope things will improve

3) Get 'sick' take advantage of generous employers sick pay and do masters whilst 'ill', then return to work until i find something better?

Is the last one immoral - probably. Is my employer immoral - definately.

A coma in a darkened room with no visitors allowed is the best way to go.
You can then make a few quid from the tabloids after miraculously being woken up by a recording of the celebrity of your choice.

mickos

Rule 1 when considering commiting fraud against your employer: DON'T POST IT ON THE INTERNET

Go do your masters, you know its the right option.
Good luck with it.

and buy some warm socks!

Turd Ferguson

You should buy a gun and kill everyone....thats what I'd do

TheZohanS

mickos wrote: »

Rule 1 when considering commiting fraud against your employer: DON'T POST IT ON THE INTERNET

Rule 2: Do not get caught!

brummytom

I get cold feet.. but I've got Raynaud's syndrome

genericguy

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

You should buy a gun and kill everyone....thats what I'd do

would you kill yourself afterwards or would you take the rap and do your 6 months community service like a real man?

Cookie_Monster

genericguy wrote: »

would you kill yourself afterwards or would you take the rap and do your 6 months community service like a real man?

I'd take the service, sure you'd be done in 4 for good behaviour anyway

stovelid

Don't like any of the options.

Why not become a astronaut? Or a fire engine driver?

Long Onion

I would genuinely love to do the Master's but this one specifically, none of the night courses appeal to me. My main worry is that, whilst I'd be ok financially for the year, i'd be worried about finding new work with the mortgage of Damocles hanging there.

To those of you worried about the fraud thing, I don't think I'd do it at all due to Karma but it's good for the 'outraged ones'



*psst, my real name isn't Long onion at all hehehehehehe*

genericguy

fúck it, have eleven more kids and you won't need to work or pay a mortgage.