Should I go back to my old job ?

[FarmerJ9470]

Well I’ve been on an arable farm since January , some days have been good but some so dull and boring but I expected that , the trouble is circumstances have changed and I need more money , my old boss wants me to come back but I’m unsure as to weather I should or not , I enjoyed the job and everything else but we haven’t talked about pay yet I’d happily go back but feel like a let down to the current farmer where I am working really not sure what to do

 

[tepapa]

There must have been a reason you left the old job? but what I would say is if the new jobs not right for you don't slog on just for the sake of it, life's too short. I'm sure your employer would rather employ someone that was happy in their work

 

[HarryB97]

What did the old job involve and what was the reason for leaving?

 

[FarmerJ9470]

What did the old job involve and what was the reason for leaving?

The old job was contracting mowing , baling muckspreading and a bit of farm work here and there the reason I left was went off to the states and fancied a change when I came back

 

[Thick Farmer]

First thing is to talk about pay.

 

[kiwi pom]

If you were happy there and just wanted a change then perhaps going back would work. No idea why you need more money but I'm assuming you'd earn more going back because of more hours rather than a higher hourly rate?
Is that something you are able to do, or will it become a problem with partner, kids etc?
Maybe you could talk about the situation with your current boss?

Being full time on a cereal only arable farm would bore me to death.

 

[Bald Rick]

Arable farm boring? Surely not.

 

[Danllan]

The old job was contracting mowing , baling muckspreading and a bit of farm work here and there the reason I left was went off to the states and fancied a change when I came back

Maybe give it a full year? If that really doesn't sound like an option, you already have your answer.

 

[Yale]

I suppose if you are going to leave do it now or into the autumn after the sowing season.
Will be getting busier now but thinking these thoughts and leaving just before harvest would be a kick in the teeth for your current employer.

 

[David.]

By the time you have served your notice, you will be leaving just before harvest now.
If your current boss is a decent employer, I feel that waiting until harvest, drilling, is done would be fairer on them.
But, life is too short to do jobs you are unhappy in.

 

[Cowpoke82]

So I did just what you are proposing, I left my job an went an worked elsewhere for 2yrs realised I wasn’t happy and so returned to my old job , I’m now a lot happier doing something I wanna do

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Would it be an option to go part time on both jobs

 

[kiwi pom]

By the time you have served your notice, you will be leaving just before harvest now.
If your current boss is a decent employer, I feel that waiting until harvest, drilling, is done would be fairer on them.
But, life is too short to do jobs you are unhappy in.

Two weeks, middle of May, harvest a while after that?
If he's shifting to a grassland contractor, he could be missing out on a heap of hours?
Perhaps a bit mean but if he needs the money

 

[essexpete]

Well you need to sort ASAP so as both employers know were they stand, as it were. Are you salaried or on hours? Perhaps, as someone suggested above, it would be a good idea to see out the 12 months? What tasks do you do in the winter with the former employer?

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Weather not made it easy for us hard working arable boys this year!

May not have been an accurate snap shot of the future there for you?

 

[Albert]

If you leave your arable man now you will really drop him in it.

If he has been good enough to take you on and pay you from January I would say you really need to show him the same goodwill back and stay there to help him through harvest and drilling

 

[Lazy Sod]

My only employee (tractor/combine driver/stockman) left just before harvest 35 years ago. He was enticed back by his previous employer's manager. It was a very large farm with many employees. They could have waited until after harvest and subsequent drilling. I thought that it was a rotten thing to do.

 

[Widgetone]

If your old boss really wants you back, you quite enjoyed it, and terms are improved, its a no brainer imho. And especially so if you are not fulfilled in the new role. If you give correct notice to the arable farm, I think thats fair enough.

 

[robs1]

Maybe the new employer would be happy to lose the cost of an employee this year, perhaps it would be possible to do a bit for both until after harvest, talk to your current boss and see if he would be happy for you to leave or do part time

 

[betweenthelines]

OP has to do what's right for him-staying in a job just because it'll upset the employer if he leaves is not his problem.