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I kind of have an interview! For a job! Doing data entry for contract @ Microsoft for 18 months! It would pay $9 an hour and be full time!
I'm not actually that excited.
Pros:
Full-time
Contract work and thus will not creep up and end up being what I do for the next 15 years, and I won't get laid off in 3 months
Seems easy enough
Can help "get my foot in the door at Microsoft"
Cons:
Redmond is REALLY FREAKING FAR AWAY. Preliminary Metro trip planning looks like an hour and a half either way.
Contract work and thus no benefits, no prospects for improvement, also I am stuck doing it for the next year and a half no matter how miserable I am
Seems mind-killingly tedious
I have absolutely no interest in getting my foot in the door at Microsoft, and this is in fact work that has absolutely nothing to do with anything I'd like to be doing long-term
The pay is a pittance, to the point where I find it seriously doubtful that I would be able to afford a car or an apartment in Redmond to reduce the commute crunch
I only have a kind of preliminary interview right now but they're rushing the hiring process, seems like they want to be done with it by the end of next week or so. So I should sort out my impressions now.
Good opportunity? Is my ambivalence justified or am I being picky? Should I be happy for any work at all and take it? I got the interview through a moderately sketchy website, so does any of this ring alarms for anyone? (It's a contract w/ Xerox at Microsoft through a staffing company... hmmmm.)
I'm not actually that excited.
Pros:
Full-time
Contract work and thus will not creep up and end up being what I do for the next 15 years, and I won't get laid off in 3 months
Seems easy enough
Can help "get my foot in the door at Microsoft"
Cons:
Redmond is REALLY FREAKING FAR AWAY. Preliminary Metro trip planning looks like an hour and a half either way.
Contract work and thus no benefits, no prospects for improvement, also I am stuck doing it for the next year and a half no matter how miserable I am
Seems mind-killingly tedious
I have absolutely no interest in getting my foot in the door at Microsoft, and this is in fact work that has absolutely nothing to do with anything I'd like to be doing long-term
The pay is a pittance, to the point where I find it seriously doubtful that I would be able to afford a car or an apartment in Redmond to reduce the commute crunch
I only have a kind of preliminary interview right now but they're rushing the hiring process, seems like they want to be done with it by the end of next week or so. So I should sort out my impressions now.
Good opportunity? Is my ambivalence justified or am I being picky? Should I be happy for any work at all and take it? I got the interview through a moderately sketchy website, so does any of this ring alarms for anyone? (It's a contract w/ Xerox at Microsoft through a staffing company... hmmmm.)