Today I had a job interview for a job that paid enough for Jon and I to live on. While I was at that interview I got shuffled off to interview with someone else who was half way through hiring someone for a position in her department that they thought I would be a better fit for. Ten minutes after I got home from the interview she called me to do the final interview and gave me the amount she would be paying for the position, saying that if I passed the final interview I would be hired.
It wasn't enough money. After I accepted the interview for later today I started doing math in my head, then I busted out the calculator and a piece of paper and it just wasn't enough.
So now the gamble. Did I go to the interview and possibly take a job that wouldn't be enough until I found something better... or did I say no now, hope I get Unemployment next week during my phone interview and hope for the best.
Well if I take the job and it's not enough money I can't get UI. But if I don't take the job and I don't get UI then I'm screwed.
I decided not to take it. It simply wasn't enough money. But now I'll have that lingering icky feeling for awhile until I get UI and I'm safe.
If cards fall in the right place and our expenses drop because of an answered prayer I might be able to take less the next time it's offered to me... but I can't bank on that now.
So as my husband says... I do what I had planned to do... I wait for a good job instead of another bad job that pays ok. And I wait.
In other news I have a City interview on the 10th. The same day (but a different time as my UI interview). Wish me luck.
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Thats such a tough place to be in...at least you got an interview though right???? BTW, I got a letter today for a phone interview and they told me that until the interview I wont get any checks :( I had them change my interview from next Monday to this Friday. I am confused though since this is my first phone interview I have had to do and I collected UI 4 mo ago. I also asked them about doing the things online and she said that the only thing you can do online is open a new claim.
It was the right thing to do, I think. I'm so glad we were able to arrange our finances so that I don't have to work. I feel so blessed, especially when I watch how you are struggling. We're getting my first paycheck from the temp job this weekend, and we're buying new tires for the car. Good luck, Allie dear.
Looking for a new job is always incredibly stressful and full of difficult choices.
I think you're absolutely right -- there's no point in interviewing for a job that just doesn't pay enough to live on. The only way it would even theoretically be worth it is if you thought you'd be able to possibly negotiate a higher salary if you were offereed the job. Since that wasn't the case here, you totally did the right thing.
I think you did the right (and gutsy) thing. I want more than anything for you to get a job where your many talents are appreciated and appropriately compensated. Mostly a place where you can be happy. I want that for all of us.
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