Truly, this flashed through my mind.

[evilawyer]

I applied for a job with an organization in their senior center. My interview went well, and I was excited to see that one of the regular, well-attended programs was knitting and crocheting. Yarnwork with elders! Double Joy!

I got a call back asking if I would consider being considered for a better-paying job with more responsibility that's, frankly, right up my alley, but that would have me working at headquarters and not at the senior center.

The thought "What?! No knitting?! No crocheting?! What kind of bait-and-switch number is this?!" flashed through my mind.

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Comments

[curiosity]

Well doesn't that just . . . I suppose you had to accept the job, what with the economy and all. But maybe they'll let you spend one day a week doing yarn-y stuff with the seniors.

[evilawyer]

Who knows?  It could be that it turns out to be vitally important to do on-site inspections right at that time.

[dragonfly]

Sometimes there's more to consider with a job than just the pay, though!

[evilawyer]

Very true!

[left_turns]

Ha, I kept a minimum wage job years longer than I should have partially because I had romantic ideas about helping the owner save this business she started with her late husband, but mostly because I was allowed to write or watch TV and knit on my downtime, and we had a lot of downtime. Failing small business, the owner still owes me four figures in wages she taxed but claimed she never had the money to actually pay. I was the only employee so I never go breaks the three times of year we were busy--literally I'd be told "no, you can't go to the bathroom/get a drink, we're too busy"-- and I would spend six or eight hours completely alone when I worked full days. I was there six years and the only raises I got were because of hikes in the rate of minimum wage.

But if I quit and went to one of the big box chains, they'd pay me, but they wouldn't be as flexible about working around my community college classes or the second job I had later, and I'd have to do things other than sit and knit.

[evilawyer]

There are definitely more things to consider about whether to take/stay at a job than the pay alone.

[cc_weasel]

Congrats on the job offer. The initial reaction is TOTALLY understandable, too!

=D

[evilawyer]

Thanks!

[zcat_abroad]

Time to negotiate! Yes, I'll take the higher-level job, as long as I get one day (or half a day) helping in the senior centre, 'to keep in touch with the customers'.
:) Also, congratulations on job!

[evilawyer]

Thanks!  And the negotiating will be held.