As many of you know I'm unemployed right now.
I have a interview on monday with a state university for a job that pays a bit less then 2/3s of what I used to make. I've been out since july. I'll probably need to make a call right on the spot at the interview.
Starting salary, 24.5K Basic medical care , dont have to move. get to keep house, but house is in worse region of US economy wise. I have eight years of working for another state university, so have 7.5 years of state retirement built up (basically teachers retire ment system, not social security) Job is AV technician doing distance learning/cabling repairs, I'm wayyyy overqualified. Like most state jobs, its a yearly renewal thing. Downside is if you quit with less then 6 months, it gets hard to get rehired by another institution.
Other choice, wait two weeks, possible job two states away , roughly 45K, doing production line elctro-optics supervision. have to move, probaby loose inheriting the house as mom will want to sell it if I'm not here to keep it up. Probably be stuck in a apartment.
Will loose home lab and home machine shop if I go. NOT A GUARENTEE that I get it, but say 60% odds.
One caveat, my degree, due to a strange quirk of fate is in teaching high school, I dropped out of engineering for bad math grades and switched to education when I was a dumb young punk who couldn't apply himself, although in my defense I had a lot of responsibilities with two badly sick parents my first two years of college. Got straight As and B+s as a ed major, guess it was too easy.
What would you guys do? I have two more months of unemployement left and nothing in the bank from medical bills. Do I hold out until somebody pays me what I'm worth?? Stay and inherit nice house of 7/10ths of a acre way out in the country, or make a living wage?
Moms a real blockhead, she will try to sell if I'm not here to help her.
There are a lot of smart people here on PL, advice appreciated.
Steve