As I have started a new job, I thought it would be interesting to update this thread.
I have started working as a Sourcing/Procurement Manager at a bank in the UK.
It is very different to my previous job which was as a consultant in the same type of work.
I am still working on Procurement deals and working with large suppliers, but now I am a permanent employee of who would previously have been a client.
I enjoy almost every aspect of this job better than before, for example, the shorter hours (most of the time): I tend to work regular people hours now instead of 12-hour days. I also travel vastly less then before, so I am home more often.
This means I can actually do things when I get home and I even started going to the gym again (albeit once a week
). I go ice-skating with my wife once in a while and I now have more time for games again.
On weekends, I no longer feel like I simply want to do nothing and I am much more keen on going out with friends and socialising
The only negative aspects are less interesting projects, progression and pay. I am paid the same as at my previous job, and I am unlikely to move up for the next three years or so. The job's projects are less interesting because there is a lot of "firefighting" involved and not enough strategic thinking.
So, anyone else have updates ?