I have a young familly, no mortgage and have you have to change jobs because I get moved around too much at short notice. Could be in Scotland 1 week and wales the next. No good for a familly.
I have been offered 2 jobs. One in hull which is a better company with better prospects. Not more money than what I am on but just better prospects.
The other job is working through an agency and it is based out in the south of france. It is working on the biggest nuclear new technology project in the world. The money is at least double what I am getting now. The France job is a years contract which should be more. But working through an agency they could just get rid of me easily when ever they want.
this is something for your family and you to discuss, the detail in which you have gone into suggests you like the french opportunity better than the hull one.
what would you do?
I would look at the education stages my children were at and I would also discuss it with my spouse. This decision will affect my whole family, so its with them that my final decision would lie. I would not be afraid to say no to either job.
Grab it - worked at Culham during the JET program great atmosphere
Opportunities to work on leading edge stuff like that don't come knocking a second time - if you turn it down you'll always regret it and tell people how you nearly wen to work in the South of France on a huge international project.
France - or you'll always think 'what if....'
Always assuming the rest of the family agree of course.
You'll have bi-lingual kids with great experience of the world. Don't be afraid of taking kids to France because the junior education there is first rate.
The child doesn't need to be in school in the next 12 months so you can go, see how it pans out and decide what to do if you are offered more work next year. If it's no good then just come home.
I have, didn't seem so bad, though not long enough there to ascertain what sort of place it really is. But quite frankly it's a lot if you move the family to France and if it doesn't work out, back you come.