First week as a Communications Executive on Probation

I guess this is officially Week 1 of my first job being a communications executive! It feels very weird to be moving over to the other side of the office and continuing with whatever I've been doing as a temp website migration coolie but oh well, I guess someone has to finish it up and there doesn't seem to be anyone else around other than me. That's taking quite a bit of my time too, and to be frank I'm quite bored of doing that, not to mention an increasing worry that I'm not in the best place to start developing my career. On the other hand I guess it might be because I don't really know what I want in the first place.

The issue was compounded by a phone call I received on Monday. RP has offered me the position of academic staff with the Centre for Educational Development! From the perspective of financial payout, RP pays slightly better than what I am getting currently. I have a few more days of leave too. Medical benefits-wise they'd give a lump sum for medical expenses (something like allowance?), though they don't provide group insurance like my present company. I'm not sure about the other nitty gritty details though, so I've emailed them for a softcopy of the draft contract. I also emailed the person whom I first talked to in RP for an 'informal chat', asking her if the Centre already has plans for me or do I get to choose the team I will like to be in.

Then today I just had another pep talk with my superior, AGL. It's quite sad 'cos she spent 2 hours and I left with a puzzled mindset - should I trust her or is she trying to put a spin on things? While she, as expected, suggested that I try it out for 3 months or so before making a decision, I can't help but feel that my presence for the next 3 months will be of most benefit as we have a major event happening and a lot of preparation is required. She discussed how unique she felt my experience in IT and marketing communications has been and she thinks it'll be a forte that will shine on my resume if I keep developing along that line. She even lent me some of her Marketing magazine and shared with me the Communications Business Plan... something which I'd have to read sooner or later but she raised it 'cos she wanted to answer my questions..

So should I or should I not? I guess I have until the end of the month to give a responsee, though we should look at the RP contract too. Sigh!