Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts?
I am writing on behalf of my partner, who’s a senior journalist on a national newspaper (not the Guardian). He’s in his 30s, and been a reporter since the age of 15. It’s all he’s ever known, professionally speaking.
We’re desperate to get out of London and want to move back to Bristol, but my partner’s job prospects there are not good. There seems to be little in the way of newspaper roles, particularly for someone as experienced as him.
I worry because he is burnt out – his current working environment is terrible and 14-hour days are the norm. I don’t think he’s averse to doing something completely different, but what?
The other issue that has to be considered is salary. We’re both prepared for the fact that we will have to take pay cuts to move back west, but we’d like to start a family soon, so retraining and apprenticeships are probably not options.
As well as being regarded as an excellent writer and investigator, I think he is amazing with people. Everyone loves him. He’s also very community-minded, but that’s probably not a fruitful path to take in the current climate of massive funding cuts.
Do you need advice on a work issue? For Jeremy’s and readers’ help, send a brief email to dear.jeremy@theguardian.com. Please note that he is unable to answer questions of a legal nature or to reply personally.
