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Sounds like you made the right choice to me. At least that’s what your subconscious is telling you. I was made redundant in Oct 2016 and was job hunting from about May 2016 when I was told what was coming. Jobs that matched my experience seemed thin on the ground and jobs within a short commute of where I lived in Hampshire were non existent. My previous employer had been a very rare Hampshire based business in my field. I eventually accepted commuting into London was inevitable and after a few weeks of extending my search to London was offered a job. It was back doing something I’d done in my late 20s to early 30s. I knew I could do it but did jump at the first opportunity to come along. As my start date approached I began to think that I had been looking back at the earlier period of my career through rose tinted glasses. I was not sleeping and beginning to think I had made a big mistake. But I was now unemployed, beggars can’t be choosers and all that. Within a week of starting the new job my fears were confirmed. In fact it was a lot worse than I feared. I decided to give it a year for the sake of my CV. However, a month after starting an agent who I had registered with called me about a role that was similar to the one I was made redundant from but paying way more money and in an interesting rival company. The only difficulty was it paid 20% less base salary than the job I just started. However the bonus and pension were way better meaning in total it was about 10% more so I was fine with that. After numerous interviews where I had to repeatedly explain why I was willing to take a 20% base salary cut I was eventually offered that job. I quit the job I had mistakenly taken after just 3 months. This led to a huge uproar withe the team boss shouting at me and calling me unprofessional. A full HR investigation etc etc. (Long story but I found out that guy was fired in October). Ultimately they let me leave without working any notice, angrily slamming the door behind me, and I started the other job a few weeks later. Best decision I made. Been in the new new job 8 months and I absolutely love it. They’ve already increased my base salary so that it’s the same as the previous role anyway. This was my bosses “reward for passing the 6 month probationary period”.
Good luck, trust your subconscious I say!!
