Thursday, June 11, 2009
To work or not to work
Today I received a job offer. The pay is about $17.50 an hour, much less than I’ve been making for the last 5 years. It’s a seasonal summer job helping to create travel websites, with a chance of it being permanent depending on workload, upon which they would increase the pay. They didn’t say how much of an increase, but I can’t imagine it doubling like it needs to to be even close to my previous pay level.
My dilemma is this… do I take the job knowing it’s going to be temporary, or do I decline it so that I can still collect unemployment? On the one hand I’ll be working 40 hours a week to earn $700 a week. while on the other hand I can get up to $410 a week for doing nothing at all. Should I take the job?
My responsible side tells me not to freeload off an already over-burdened state unless I have to. And I would earn more money with the job anyway. My lazy side tells me that tons of people get to be paid for doing nothing, don’t I deserve it too? Wasn’t that why I was so thrilled to get laid off?
I think I’ll decide tomorrow. I’ve got another job interview tomorrow, so after I see how that goes, I’ll decide. If my chances of getting a better paying job are immediate, then I won’t take this one. But if tomorrow’s prospect is crappy, then I think I’ll go for this job. I don’t think I can bring myself to not take a job solely because I’ll no longer be able to freeload off the state. So I guess my dilemma isn’t whether to work or not to work, it’s whether to work now or work later.
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