Hard Decision - and I have to make it quickly :-/

I am currently working for a hosting company. The director sold the company to a group which is now in the process of consolidating the office locations. As a result they have started the redundancy process. I am in a good enough position to say that I don't have problems to find a new job due to my skill set. In fact, I had to stop applying becaus I got too many interviews.
Anyway, I have now two completely different offers on the table and it is very hard to decide.
First of all I am living quite far outside the city, but I know I will commute a lot (driving 200 miles / day right now), but this is only partially decider.
Now I cannot decide between head and heart, money and convinience.
1. A hosting company. Environment is similar to my current job, friendly, easy going. Pays just a little bit more but also pays bonuses (based on projects etc.). I'd have to either drive (70 miles each way) or take the train (2.5hrs) but they agreed to work from home 1-2 days / week and when there are special occasions. I'd be working in my favourite field mainly, which is projects and virtualisation.
2. A massive finance company. World largest in their field. A lot more money, a lot more pressure, massive corporate so no room for mistakes or things like work from home etc., procedures count. A lot more bonuses (up to 20%) and only a bit of my favourite topic, but mainly WINTEL, Exchange and AD. Commute is ok via train, but once every three weeks I'd have to drive to another train station due to its early start, so I'd have to drive 40 miles per day plus the train ride.
While option 1 is what my heart says I'd be loving a lot more. Option 2 offers a lot more opportunities and money. I always lived the way that I said 'money isn't everything', but suddenly it is a lot more money, so I have e feeling it is all turning a bit.
To show much of a difference that is, I met the owner of #1 and expect the official offer soon. As for #2, I had a technical phone interview, met the management, met their bosses and now theirs as well. I will have to meet yet another guy, just under the CIO, will meet the CIO also, just before I meet HR.
I seriously don't know what to do :-/
Anyway, I have now two completely different offers on the table and it is very hard to decide.
First of all I am living quite far outside the city, but I know I will commute a lot (driving 200 miles / day right now), but this is only partially decider.
Now I cannot decide between head and heart, money and convinience.
1. A hosting company. Environment is similar to my current job, friendly, easy going. Pays just a little bit more but also pays bonuses (based on projects etc.). I'd have to either drive (70 miles each way) or take the train (2.5hrs) but they agreed to work from home 1-2 days / week and when there are special occasions. I'd be working in my favourite field mainly, which is projects and virtualisation.
2. A massive finance company. World largest in their field. A lot more money, a lot more pressure, massive corporate so no room for mistakes or things like work from home etc., procedures count. A lot more bonuses (up to 20%) and only a bit of my favourite topic, but mainly WINTEL, Exchange and AD. Commute is ok via train, but once every three weeks I'd have to drive to another train station due to its early start, so I'd have to drive 40 miles per day plus the train ride.
While option 1 is what my heart says I'd be loving a lot more. Option 2 offers a lot more opportunities and money. I always lived the way that I said 'money isn't everything', but suddenly it is a lot more money, so I have e feeling it is all turning a bit.
To show much of a difference that is, I met the owner of #1 and expect the official offer soon. As for #2, I had a technical phone interview, met the management, met their bosses and now theirs as well. I will have to meet yet another guy, just under the CIO, will meet the CIO also, just before I meet HR.
I seriously don't know what to do :-/
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Comments
Do you have a written offer of employment from both of these jobs?
Ive heard this many times in interviews etc and the opportunities seem to vary. If its a financial organisation i have no doubt the pay will be good as ive worked in that sector. i found my job pretty boring as they would tend to outsource the great project work to contractors. Im not sure if this will be the case for you, just my experience.
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agreed. i find it very hard to deal with the corporate politic BS thats why i doubt i'll ever progress to a high managerial level, plus i have plenty of fun things in my social life to keep me away from that
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Yea - thought about that too - no point having a lot of money but getting completely wasted (and not in a good way lol) ...
I always had to commute 2+ hrs each way, so the train ride isn't an issue -one issue however is for example time. The earliest train I can get gets me to the office at 6:58am - with start at 7
I'll enjoy it later when I retire early.
I don't understand why everyone in this topic automatically thinks big company = crappy job??
Very true, as well. I currently work for a big company and I love my job. I also am the captain of my ship, choosing to ride the current or to aggressively move forward. Also, being a big company, I have several options with my long-term career, changing to a different skillset laterally, or climbing the ladder. Plus, if I feel like working in a different geography, there are opportunities for that, as well. Lastly, and this is especially true for IT, working for a larger company means working with more expensive technologies... I work on Exchange clusters and enterprise-wide retrospective packet analysis devices... things that I would be unlikely to see in a small company. These things let me transition to another large company more easily, as well.
beauty of the baud.
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