Anyone ever leave a fulltime job for a temporary one?

[daboywonder2002]

So I got a job offer from the state for almost double what I'm making now. But the job is only for a year. The reason is because he state was only able to get temporary funding. They are hoping the position lasts longer than a year but they have to get funding. I'm not naive and now that job can end anytime. It may not even last a year. So the plan is to keep looking while working the new job. Also just getting my foot in the door of a state job is a good thing. Now there I might have a better job of landing something else internally. My dad keeps saying I shouldn't take the job because i have kids. That I shouldn't chance having financial security for no security at all regardless of the pay. I just think the positives outweigh the negatives. and its worth the risk.

 

[Elim Garak]

I've never done this and it's a risk, but you're making almost double and it will probably be at least a year. If you are confident you can find another decent job for at least what you were making previously I would take it. If this job ends you should be able to draw unemployment too if you can't find something immediately.

 

[aXiom]

It depends.. here are a few questions you might wanna ask yourself..

1. Is the pay much better and will it further your career?
2. Will you be more attractive to other employers within your new tax bracket because of experience or newly acquired skills after the new gig?
3. Are there any opportunities to progress at your current job? If so what does compensation look like?
4. What's your current financial situation. Do you have enough bread stacked or will you be able to stack enough bread during the new gig that allows you to be without work for a few months incase it doesn't pan out?

Ultimately the decision is up to you... I wish you the best of luck.

 

[ChiefKenji]

Take the gig, take the risk. Stay thrilled. Financial security is cool yes but staying on the grind for potentially more then you can imagine is even cooler. And its something to tell to your kids one day, when they face the same struggle. Your dads gen was supreme different.

 

[Human Torch]

would have to be an extended contract (at least a year) and the pay would have to be significantly, SIGNIFICANTLY better, like double. AND it would have to offer the opportunity to either do something impactful or offer entry into a space I couldn’t get into otherwise. But mostly the pay would have to be crazy.