Also pretty sure you can get a comparable job in same city almost immediately.
You also have been wanting to leave this field and more importantly, this city, for some time now. This lay off would be a good opportunity to do both.
Do you take the comparable job for 4 to 6 months until you can get your house ready to sell, find a new job in some other locale, etc? You would be accepting it knowing that you are only using them temporarily like the high school whore.
Yes, take the new job. You might find it harder to relocate than expected or you might find your location isn’t as bad as you thought with this new job.
We are all free agents, well unless you work for the govt or unions…so you are free to change. Most of us get paid every 2 weeks - which we earn our keep by working for those two weeks, there are no guarantees; well again, unless you work for the govt or unions.
does the new job provide training or other implicit stipulation that you will stick around for a while? Are you able to ‘hit the ground running’ in the new job? If the new company is investing a significant amount of money in you (via training, mentoring, skills upgrading, …) with the expectations you’ll repay their investment, it would be unethical for you to treat it as a short-term stint in my opinion… still 4-6 months is a bit short, because no matter how your new job is similar to the previous one, it will likely take at least 2-3 months for you to get completely up to speed and integrated, which means that by the time the company has finished investing in you and starting to reap some rewards, you will be leaving.
This said, nowadays companies are not exactly showing great commitment to workers either, a bad quarter and you’re gone (no matter how much overtime, extra effort, whatever you put in), still I guess it all boils down to your conscience… is there any way that you could negotiate for a contract position instead of a permanent one?
On a related note, what makes you think that once you are settled in a new job you will leave? and what about finding a new job somewhere else and being able to sell your place in the current economy? You might find that once you get in the new position you will want to stick with it, which might or might not be what you want to do…
Do you take the comparable job for 4 to 6 months until you can get your house ready to sell, find a new job in some other locale, etc? You would be accepting it knowing that you are only using them temporarily like the high school whore.
Who you might end up marrying…
Don’t lie anymore than you need to… you’ll feel better. And consider that you might have to stick with that job for awhile…
Don’t knock the high school whore. She is making some guy very happy right now. If your current partner is rockin your world, remember she had to learn and perfect those talents somewhere!
If you are getting laid off won’t you get compensation? I would do all I could to go find the job I wanted while someone was paying me.
Assuming that you aren’t making any commitments to stay with the new company for a period of time (other than the general assumption that most new hires stick around for at least a little while) I’d think that it’s perfectly legit to take a new job while you get ready and plan your exit strategy.
If however, during the interview process they ask or infer a question regarding your longterm plans and you give clear indication that you plan on staying long term, that crosses over into shady. Some will still say do whatever it takes to get the job and screw them if that’s what it takes, but I’d recommend against that strategy.
As for the highschool whore, maybe I just wasn’t paying attention but I wasn’t aware that we had one and that she was available.
As for the highschool whore, maybe I just wasn’t paying attention but I wasn’t aware that we had one and that she was available.
Jonathan Coulton wrote a song about her, in fact.
You said laid off. Will there be a severance package? You don’t want to jump to another job and leave a bunch of cash on the table. I did that once and left 6 months pay. I wasn’t expecting to be laid off when I moved, but it did suck when they annouced the lay offs about 3 weeks after I left.
As far as using the new company, no problem with that. Just note that future employers may take note of this when you put it on your resume.
You said laid off. Will there be a severance package? You don’t want to jump to another job and leave a bunch of cash on the table. I did that once and left 6 months pay. I wasn’t expecting to be laid off when I moved, but it did suck when they annouced the lay offs about 3 weeks after I left.
As far as using the new company, no problem with that. Just note that future employers may take note of this when you put it on your resume.
Great thing to think about. One of the problems I’ve seen with people is they jumped from position to position because they needed a job. Having a severance package gives you a little buffer time to consider the options, and there are always options to chose from.