Pay cut to move to co,eo

Wasn't on as much as yourself but I took a pay cut to go from private sector to work as a CO. It's 5 years later and I've since been promoted and am on money money. The thing I value most is I went from a toxic work environment to working with lovely people and better work/life balance and very family friendly.

By the way, your service as a nurse in public sector should be take into consideration when assigning your point on the pay scale. This isn't done automatically, you need to apply to DPER to have this done as far as I know. So it may not be a big a pay cut as you might have thought

Brilliant. I knew someone else would know! Someone I know got it when he took an EO job in the civil service. He was previously working in the lab in a hospital testing samples. Worth asking I'd say

It's a shame you can't move to something that uses your nursing background - is there any chance of call centre or practise nursing, or drug company sales, or even complaints handling for a medical device company?

Sitting down all day makes back problems worse the OP needs something that mixes sitting and standing.

You would be better off on the higher money and taking out your own pension. BTW your employer is legally required to provide a pension if you ask for one.

AE is still years off. They have not even picked the CPA yet, or whatever it's new Gaelic name is.

The OP is already 54 so fast running out of time. They can setup their own pension or have their employer do it. The advantage of asking their employer is they might contribute or cover the pension providers costs etc. Otherwise it is much of a muchness.

The real difference is probably around job security. What's the chances that you'll be able to continue to work in your private sector role up to your preferred retirement age?

Yeh my partner is going for HEO now, shes there 5 years.

If you are only doing it for the pension it's not worth it age 54 you would need to pay a huge amount for AVC's to have a decent pension, If you are doing it for stability go for it.

I know someone who is retiring from an HSE organisation they started with the organisation aged 50, and they are shocked at how little their pension will be.