Now that most of the financial information's been presented to us, about the impending redundancies, and now that the offer is substantially more generous, I am presented with a choice:
I can take an immediate (or nearly so) redundancy - a few weeks of handing over my job, a very handy chunk of cash, and (hopefully) pay in lieu of the remainder of my notice - which would also be a handy (though rather smaller) sum.
or
I can choose to "transition" - taking up to six months to hand over my work, and thereby doing a more thorough job of it. At the end of that time, a bonus. Small, but again, handy. There might, again, be pay-in-lieu, and I should have accrued another year's service, so a little more redundancy pay would be added.
How eager am I to cut and run?
Does the lure of extra dosh exceed the powerful desire to get the hell out of here?
If I go as soon as may be, I'd have to start looking at the possibility of trying out the acting career I've been daydreaming about, and quite quickly. If I do that, where does that leave the Artisans? I have, after all, just said that I'll direct next year's summer play...
If I stay for the extra six months, will the inevitable loathing for the situation be more than I can bear?
I should probably get quite drunk tonight.
