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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]6 years ago I thought I did that... turns out it was a great choice because I ended up really loving it.  It was a lateral move to a small company, but since it was not that challenging I was able to go back to school while also working.  Then I was promoted within to a position that I was at that point very qualified for.  So it CAN work out.  All in all I would say if you are taking a job you don't really want, try to at least make it at a company that could open up other opportunities to you.[/quote]

+1. OP - It's one thing to take a job you don't really want because it gives you more money or flexibility to continue looking or go back to school or whatever. It's another if you take a job that seems wrong and provides you nothing except an exit. I turned down something a yr ago and felt really guilty doing it as I REALLY need to get out of my current place -- yet from just facial conversations with 1-2 people there (pre-offer, not at the interview), they said -- there's micromanagement, turnover, people are here at 10 pm at night etc. It was the type of environment where I would be drawing a good salary but stuck bc I would not be able to look for another job at all; people at those kinds of jobs just end up quitting to pursue a job search -- if it comes to that, quit your present job and search; don't go from your present job to another terrible job and then quit that second one as those transitions can be hard to explain sometimes.[/quote]

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