Would you take a $15 an hour remote job?

[Anonymous]

I'd take it. It seems like an easy job to do while job searching, which is the ideal situation. My friend did something similar while job searching.

[Anonymous]

of course!!!

[Anonymous]

Apart from the commute, a remote call center type job has no real benefit over working in the call center. DC minimum wage is $17.95/hr. No way am I taking a 20% paycut to avoid a commute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apart from the commute, a remote call center type job has no real benefit over working in the call center. DC minimum wage is $17.95/hr. No way am I taking a 20% paycut to avoid a commute.

My commute is 50 minutes each way. Plus I spend at least 45 minutes getting ready to go to work in the morning to look appropriate. SO that's almost 3 hours a day of unrenumerated labor to commute. Each person needs to do the math on what makes sense given the opportunities they have. OP doesn't mention other non-remote opportunities close to their home that have provided them with an offer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apart from the commute, a remote call center type job has no real benefit over working in the call center. DC minimum wage is $17.95/hr. No way am I taking a 20% paycut to avoid a commute.

I'd pay money to not have to work at a real call center. There are many benefits to not going in to any office, but that doubles in a call center environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Laid off fed here. My only Lu k in this job market so far has been landing a temporary seasonal job answering the phone for Williams Sonoma/pottery barn. It pays $15 an hour with no benefits. Would you take that or not even bother? A bi-weekly check will be under $1k after taxes.

I would do this and then try to get something else within the company showing your experience with the brand.

[Anonymous]

How much are you getting in unemployment. How much less is that than your previous pay? Would it affect your ability to look for other jobs?

[Anonymous]

All work is honorable.

Take it. Try for shifts in the evenings or working every weekend so you have business days for the job hunt.

[Anonymous]

That is 6 grand for 3 months work. Take it.

[Anonymous]

15$ is better than 0$ per hour. But only you know.

For me it’s also the structure that doing something provides. I end up more productive overall if i have to do something or be somewhere rather than if i have the whole day with no specific timelines. But also it depends if you want to use this time to just take time off. It’s a balance and only you know what is right for you at this point in time.

[Anonymous]

That job is a nightmare. It’s rich entitled customers calling in wanting to know why their $7000 drop shipped from china couch hasn’t arrived in 3 months. They’ve been paying $15 for years. It’s bellow or very close to minimum wage in much of the US now.

[Anonymous]

I would take it just to make some income, you don't have to put it on your resume.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:15$ is better than 0$ per hour. But only you know.

For me it’s also the structure that doing something provides. I end up more productive overall if i have to do something or be somewhere rather than if i have the whole day with no specific timelines. But also it depends if you want to use this time to just take time off. It’s a balance and only you know what is right for you at this point in time.

But OP isn’t getting zero dollars per hour. They are getting unemployment.

[Anonymous]

How does that compare to unemployment payments? Being on UE plus having that time to job search may outweigh $15hr depending on your situation.