Advice urgently sought...!

[fridgedicebunny]

So, I am in the process of interviewing again. A couple things are definitely coming through and I've come to an impasse that I don't know how to deal with... Largely in the way of timing

Comments

[seekingsartre]

Take the job and work it while you're waiting to hear from the production company. If they come through, you're very sorry, but you've found a much better opportunity that more closely matches your career goals.

It's not personal, and you've got to make a few bucks while you're waiting.

[fridgedicebunny]

What if it's only like, a couple days? God, I feel like kind of an ass.

This is pretty much exactly the kind of thing I'm horrible with.

(By the bye! I'm sorry I didn't get back to you about dinner on Sunday! I was ignoring my phone and haven't been checking the one email much, and by the time I realized what was up it was rather late. :/)

[seekingsartre]

Well, even a couple of days at a minimum wage is what? 7.15 * 16 = 114.40 dollars that you didn't have before :)

No problemo about dinner, I figured that you were in hermit mode and would de-hermit when you were ready :)

[fridgedicebunny]

Indeed... And it's rather higher than minimum wage. My would-be manager is trying to raise it to my requested hourly, which was $14/15 minimum. I do have to pay Allan back. *siiigh*

Hermit mode, fer sure. I'm feelin' rather overwhelmed in general. :/

[skywayman]

The great thing about a job you take just for the paycheck is that you don't owe them anything. Take job, quit one week later. Not your problem.

[fridgedicebunny]

True... :/

[skywayman]

Where is my boobiebirthday present?

[fridgedicebunny]

You can have a nice birthday present when I can afford to procure one... >_

[duchess_k]

I'm with you...I wouldn't feel good about taking job A while waiting for job C and quitting 2 days later. I'd hold out for the better job and tell job A that you're entertaining an offer from a company that provides benefits...maybe some leverage would come of it.

[fridgedicebunny]

The interview is on Tuesday, I found out.

It's not so very long... I just, fuck. I suppose I could just tell them that? I don't know. >_< And if I attend that interview and then don't get the job, the whole thing could get even ickier faster.

[riotdorrrk]

what happened to that last studio job?

[fridgedicebunny]

Ha ha... Um, yeah, a great deal has happened in the last 8 or so months. :D

[riotdorrrk]

kindly requesting executive summary of events transpired during LJ silence.. email it to me if you want.

[fridgedicebunny]

Not all of it maybe, but most...

[gesthal000]

I'd take the first job that offers. If while you start working, another job closer to your dream comes along the way, you take it.

I worked in a small hearing aid company for about a month and half as an accountant before a CPA firm called me back a few months later with the position I had interviewed before I accepted the hearing aid position.

It happens. It's business. No hard feelings.

[fridgedicebunny]

Even if it's just two or three days? I do feel it's in bad faith, since I know this other is pending. But if I tell them I'm waiting to see about another, that could be even worse.

The second interview is on Tuesday I found out, so it won't be *too* long.