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Sorry to post another 'what should I do with my life' thread, but I need some opinions on this..
I've been with BT for 18 years, and my job is repairing payphones, multimedia kiosks and the phone system used by prison inmates as well as the occasional openzone site. However the payphone business is dying due to mobile phones, and we are having large cuts in our workforce - we are told that the payphone business will be dead within 2 to 3 years.
I have the opportunity to take 18 months pay if I choose voluntary redundancy, but I have to make the decision by Monday I really don't know what to do - I'm 41, recently divorced and have no mortgage as I'm currently renting. I'm tempted to take the money and try to retrain in something (currently only got a couple of A levels and an ONC in electronics), but the easier option would be to stay where I am until BT eventually transfers me to another department (likely to be something I don't want to do, I've done overhead work in the past and hated it).
Any ideas, oh wise overclockers community ?
I've been with BT for 18 years, and my job is repairing payphones, multimedia kiosks and the phone system used by prison inmates as well as the occasional openzone site. However the payphone business is dying due to mobile phones, and we are having large cuts in our workforce - we are told that the payphone business will be dead within 2 to 3 years.
I have the opportunity to take 18 months pay if I choose voluntary redundancy, but I have to make the decision by Monday I really don't know what to do - I'm 41, recently divorced and have no mortgage as I'm currently renting. I'm tempted to take the money and try to retrain in something (currently only got a couple of A levels and an ONC in electronics), but the easier option would be to stay where I am until BT eventually transfers me to another department (likely to be something I don't want to do, I've done overhead work in the past and hated it).
Any ideas, oh wise overclockers community ?