Would you take a job you didn't want if you were laid off? 6

[Careful]

If you were laid off for a while would you accept a job you didn't like just to have a job (in this economy)? How long would you stay with the employer for to make such a thing less "unethical"?

 

[IRstuff]

Hence, the "pretty much;" there are always exceptions...

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[AeroNucDef]

I would, and I have.

I was laid off a couple of months ago, and I've taken a temporary job as a Purchase Clerk. Its quite low pay, but its easy work and it covers the bills.

When I get home after work I search for jobs and fill out applications. I also try and learn some new skills, or brush up on old ones.

 

[ibertestint]

yes, if I think that is would help my career.

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[plasgears]

The worst job I took after being layed off was a small company managed by salesmen. They had the premium benefits, and the engrs had ordinary coverage. One serious caution is accepting a job at lower than your level.

 

[IRstuff]

Things work out eventually. I took a job at a 25% pay cut to avoid transferring to a division out of state. At this point, 12 yrs later, my salary has grown sufficiently to make up for the loss, and then some.

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[westheimer1234]

i wouldnt hahahahahaha

 

[ornerynorsk]

All of us have been there at one point or another, at least those of us who have been in industry for awhile. You do what you have to to keep bread on the table and a roof over your head.

I've taken temp jobs, bought and sold through classifieds and at flea markets, rumaged through dumpsters (for saleable items, not food!) whatever brought in the income during the low cycles. Never have been on welfare and have always left a job on my own accord. I do feel for you folks that have gone through firings and layoffs, that would be a tough pack to shoulder.

 

[ScottyUK]

Agreed ornerynorsk, have been on most of those rides myself at one time or another. Also have never left a job except on my own terms, and also have never claimed a penny in state assistance.

westheimer, somewhere along the way you will find yourself in a job where a paycut becomes wholly acceptable to get back other things which matter: family, friends, social life, holidays, etc. When it was my turn to make the decision I ended up halving my pay - literally - to get out of London and to stop working six days out of seven and 90+ hours a week. Lost my paid overtime and a works car, and it was the best decision I ever made. The money from the London job gave me a good start in my life, but what's the point in having money if you have no one to spend it on and instead you are working yourself into an early grave?



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[berkshire]

careful
Speaking both as an employer then later as an an employee.

When I ran a business I would try to find the best employees I could. If one of these guys had a problem I would bend over backwards to see if things could be worked out. If the guy had found a better job that I could not match at the time , I would wish him luck and keep the door open. If the employee was not, that good I did not bend, I would simply wish him goodbye.
Some years ago during the final strike with Eastern Airlines I had people who were vastly, overqualified ,working for me doing mundane tasks with the mutual understanding that when the strike was over they would leave and go back to work and that if I ran out of work they would be the first to go. The way the Eastern strike turned out, I ended up with a couple of very good employees who stayed with me for several years and became very valuable to the business.
Later I closed the business due to a mini recession giving my people ample notice and a chance to secure new jobs, and moved to California as an employee. At first life was good until another mini-recession hit, at which time I discovered that I was just a number. If the company had no work you did not either. Even if you are "overqualified" for a job take it anyway. Right now in this economy we have PhD's driving taxicabs in San Diego, and when the "right" job turns up simply tell your employer you have received a better offer.
B.E.