Evening everyone,
Haven't been on here in a while as I've been super busy with life! Hope everyone is well & looking forward to hearing input because I'm tearing out my hair! Here's the situation...
I'm 22 & I work full time for a company I absolutely adore but I've decided in the last few months that I want to go to uni. The course I want to do takes six years part time (I want to do part time study because I need to work F-T for the financial commitments I have; also six years at uni will give me the opportunity to build up contacts & experience that I don't think I would get if I studied F-T.
Recently I have had a few unfortunate events happen that has meant my outgoings have increased for the next year or so. In my current job I don't get any recognition & sometimes put in more than 55 hours a week for which I don't get paid overtime or even so much as a 'thanks', I've been promised many things which have never materialised (everyone has been promised the same thing so there's a lot of competition between staff) & nobody has any time to invest in development of staff but I absolutely love the company & could literally go anywhere in the world with them but I feel like they are taking the p!ss.
The dilemma I'm facing at the moment is do I stay my current job (which is in the industry related to the course I want to do) but doesn't pay very well & get treat like an idiot or switch jobs to something which pays better but is in a completely different industry but is also less stressful?
I'm scared of leaving the industry as it means a lot of doors are kept open but I feel if I had a less stressful, better paid job I would have less financial burden & I'd be able to put 100% into uni.
What do you think? Has anyone else been in a similar situation?
Haven't been on here in a while as I've been super busy with life! Hope everyone is well & looking forward to hearing input because I'm tearing out my hair! Here's the situation...
I'm 22 & I work full time for a company I absolutely adore but I've decided in the last few months that I want to go to uni. The course I want to do takes six years part time (I want to do part time study because I need to work F-T for the financial commitments I have; also six years at uni will give me the opportunity to build up contacts & experience that I don't think I would get if I studied F-T.
Recently I have had a few unfortunate events happen that has meant my outgoings have increased for the next year or so. In my current job I don't get any recognition & sometimes put in more than 55 hours a week for which I don't get paid overtime or even so much as a 'thanks', I've been promised many things which have never materialised (everyone has been promised the same thing so there's a lot of competition between staff) & nobody has any time to invest in development of staff but I absolutely love the company & could literally go anywhere in the world with them but I feel like they are taking the p!ss.
The dilemma I'm facing at the moment is do I stay my current job (which is in the industry related to the course I want to do) but doesn't pay very well & get treat like an idiot or switch jobs to something which pays better but is in a completely different industry but is also less stressful?
I'm scared of leaving the industry as it means a lot of doors are kept open but I feel if I had a less stressful, better paid job I would have less financial burden & I'd be able to put 100% into uni.
What do you think? Has anyone else been in a similar situation?