Okay, so I’m contemplating a move from my current job as an online rep at Cingular to an online rep at Bellsouth. Here are the pros and cons as I see it.

Pros

• Time at Cingular - 3 years, 6 months.
• Successful at the job (been in the top 10 reps since I returned in November).
• Perks are nice (3 weeks vacation per year, plus a very flexible attendance policy, plus rewards for doing well like Cingular Summit, free phones, free stuff with Cingular Rewards, monthly reward lunches, etc.)
• I work for a good manager…one that doesn’t hound me about numbers because he knows I’m going to perform.  And I should be able to choose to stay on his team as long as I want.
• I have seniority which means I have a nice shift, Monday-Friday, no weekend work, no overtime work.
• I can do the job with one hand tied behind my back and blind-folded.
• After the first year at Bellsouth, my time in title at Cingular carries over, which would mean I’d be a tenured employee at Bellsouth after that first year.
• I live literally 2 miles from my office now, the Bellsouth office would require a 15-20 minute commute each day.

Cons

• Management potential is there at Cingular, but it could be another year to two years before a position comes available.
• The job is monotonous and can wear on you mentally (this probably applies to the Bellsouth job as well).
• Pay at Cingular isn’t what it is at Bellsouth, I’d be getting more in base and probably the same in commission, which would end up being around $10k more per year at target.
• I’m practically starting over at Bellsouth, as a new employee for the first year.

I think it comes down to this…do I want to leave Cingular, where I’m a big fish in a somewhat small pond, for Bellsouth, where I’d be starting over with everything for roughly $10-12k more per year?

Decisions…