What would you do

[smilingcrow]

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.

What would you do?

[emmie]

it can only be a family decision, not sure i would want to uproot them, but i don't have to worry about that now.

[wolf63]

Go for it. France here you come.

As the others have said it is a once in a lifetime opportunity, if you do well and enjoy your work you might get kept on by the company.

Good luck.

[Euphemia]

France - a wonderful opportunity.

[EvianBaby]

I know people that have uprooted families (school age kids too) to Australia and come back within a year. I also know loads who have vowed never to return but you don't know until you get there and I think you'd regret not giving it a try.

[jake-the-peg]

Not really - large nuclear project in the South of France doesn't take a genius.

Seriously jealous in a major way!

Jet was a brilliant place to work, and you'll get to work with leading edge technologies.

Get out here and stuff your CV

Hull or Cardache - what are you a comedian?

http://deepresource.f...che-iter-projet-1.jpg

[smilingcrow]

Jake were you working through an agency? Thanks for all the replies. I am really inclined towards france now.

[Sqad]

smiling.....crafty (first post) is correct....Hull is dire....the end of the world.

One place only worse than Hull..........HELL

[Mick-Talbot]

What's it like in hell, sqad ?

[jake-the-peg]

No I was a physicist straight out of University working on laser interferometry measurements of plasma ensity.

I don't know what you know about this but Jet was a big fusion machine a tokamak

http://www.after-oil....090505_JET_Culham.jpg

It achieved ignition so a full multi-second self sustaining fusion reaction - basically a star in a bottle

However it produced less energy than it took to run - by design

ITER is designed to reach breakeven - to produce more energy than it takes to run - it's not planned to be an actual power-station but to solve the engineering issues in creating one.

As such I expect that after construction there will be quite a bit of ongoing work.

What's your area? Building? Electrics?

This is important stuff - if it's made to work we create energy out of seawater - it's like getting to work on Apollo or the manhatten project one to tell your grandkids about

[smilingcrow]

Mine is actually mechanical construction of the plant. I will be a 'Serior' piping engineer which is a lightly vague title as when I get there it could be either reviewing/ altering designs or plain site supervision. I tried to get a good job spec but its really vague. The agency are actually quite vague and I havent even had an interview. They just want me to go out and start next month.

[smilingcrow]

By the way jake you are certainly making me a bit more enthusiastic about it!!!

[Davethedog]

Where do you live? Is Hull near. One year contract, what are you prospects after the contract, two years money in one are ok until it has to last three.

[jake-the-peg]

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[jake-the-peg]

damn Keyboard!

They are gonna have a lot of piping!

All those magnets are superconducting runing liquid helium (probably not your sort of piping - I don't know) but I reckon you'll find enough of a challenge and no mistake!

Plus look where it is!

Beach, skiing all within driving distance

[smilingcrow]

t? I am having one now.