wakeride74
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So I went to a fraud conference Thurs and Fri and ran into the fraud manager of my wife's company. I've met him before when I did a informational interview about 3 years ago. I ended up having drinks and dinner with him and his wife and he kinda offered me a job. He said they have an investigator position opening. This is a new position created as a result of too much work not enough investigators. They never have turn over and were rated in the top 5 of companies to work for in the Bay Area.
Here's the complication - The company I work for has paid for me to go to a couple of fraud conferences and is also paying for me to become a certified fraud examiner. All in all we're talking around $5k... not huge but still. My boss and co-worker are very cool and this would put them both in a tough spot and I do feel bad about the investment that has been made in me, I don't want to disrespect that. The company I work for now was purchased about a year ago and has had two rounds of lay-offs since. It looks like you could flip a coin on the stability here so one could argue either side of that. The offer with the new company would be a 2 mile commute (vs. 23 mile or 45 minute I have now), a $16k per year increase and the chance to work up to their senior level which would be a $30k increase. I probably wouldn't even see my wife at work (for those of you concerned about that) as the two departments are on different floors and never work together. Regardless, we never fight so this is not something that I'm even weighing here.
What say you? I'm going in for the interview Friday and am leaning towards accepting if it sounds as good as it looks but how do I handle things here, what's the best to keep this bridge from going up in flames and getting people who's professional relationships I value pissed at me?
Here's the complication - The company I work for has paid for me to go to a couple of fraud conferences and is also paying for me to become a certified fraud examiner. All in all we're talking around $5k... not huge but still. My boss and co-worker are very cool and this would put them both in a tough spot and I do feel bad about the investment that has been made in me, I don't want to disrespect that. The company I work for now was purchased about a year ago and has had two rounds of lay-offs since. It looks like you could flip a coin on the stability here so one could argue either side of that. The offer with the new company would be a 2 mile commute (vs. 23 mile or 45 minute I have now), a $16k per year increase and the chance to work up to their senior level which would be a $30k increase. I probably wouldn't even see my wife at work (for those of you concerned about that) as the two departments are on different floors and never work together. Regardless, we never fight so this is not something that I'm even weighing here.
What say you? I'm going in for the interview Friday and am leaning towards accepting if it sounds as good as it looks but how do I handle things here, what's the best to keep this bridge from going up in flames and getting people who's professional relationships I value pissed at me?