Should you take a job just because you'd be financially secure?

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Nody

Of course he should take it; at worst it's 5 months but it's 5 months to help you get back on a more stable ground and that alone should be enough reason to do it...

professore

As a self-employed person in a similar situation, if he has no other options than this job then yes, but otherwise no.

If he takes this job what's left of his business will be gone, since if you're not there to talk to customers during the week and there is at least a 7 day delay to do any work for them they will go elsewhere (unless he's in a very specialist field).

This job is only 5 months, what happens after that? Will you be in a worse situation financially, i.e. all customers long gone, and nothing at all in the pipeline?

Does he have any other potential offers on the table?

jinxremoving

I am in the same situation as your husband, job offer that i dont really want. However, i am not in mortgage difficulty!

On the one hand its only 5 months, he would be mad not to take it - extra cash etc. i imagine that he knows that already though and he might have other reasons for not taking it. maybe it is pride that he doesnt want to admit he needs another job working for someone when he is currently self employed. I would have a chat without piling on pressure if at all possible!

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Chuck_Norris

Baby4, is it just a case that he wasn't mad about the type of work he'd be doing, or is there something more to it? I'll be making a lot of assumptions in my next bit, but here goes anyway.

He's after pouring 5 years of his life into a business, and as much as he'd like to say otherwise, it's starting to go downhill. Amateur psychologists hat on here, but after pouring that much time into it, he doesn't want to admit to himself that it's no longer economically viable to keep it going. There could be an element of pride in it.

To answer your initial question, it depends on how much you value being financially secure, especially since it's only 5 months of guaranteed work. Granted, that might extend to something more long term, but it's not a given.

shoegirl

My father did this about 9 years ago and it put him back on his feet. In reality his business was never going to make much so he wound down the bits that were not making money, and just hung onto the customers who he was making a profit out of. Plus the proper PRSI payments from part time work (all he could get was security work) helped him qualify for a contributory pension, which he might have had problems with otherwise. Win win.

5 months isn't long, but as somebody who struggled to get out of debt a long time ago, I can tell you that if somebody had offered me something that cut shorter that long broke phase of my life, I'd have grabbed it.

tk123

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If you need the money he should take it imo - it's only 5 months. I took a job I wasn't too pushed about 3 months ago to get off the dole and handed my notice in last week because I'm in a position to quit and look for something else. If I had a mortgage/debts I would never have dreamed of leaving!

boobar

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I think he should...it sounds like a no-brainer to me, bills need paying and as others have said if is only for 5 months.

okiss

You need to get all your bills together along with what your owe on your mortgage. I would sit down with your husband and tell him that these bills needed to be paid and as his work has dried up he needs to take this job.
Ask him how are you going to pay the higher esb bills you will have soon, how will you pay for heating in Nov, Dec and Jan?
How will you pay for Christmas espically if you have a family?
Also ask him how he would feel about eating cheap beans ect ( pick out the cheap foods he does not like) as you can no longer afford what he likes?
I would explain to him that a few months of a well paying job would give you a chance to pay off the bills and put something aside also. I would also tell him that a 5 month contract could be extended and this job will also look good on his cv.
I know men that are self employed and due to the down turn they are not getting much work. Many of them would love a contact like this to help them at the moment.
I have a friend who is job hunting at the moment and if they got a job till Christmas let a alone for 5 months they would jump at it.

Mr. Loverman

I'm of the opinion that if you're in financial difficulty, you should take whatever you can get, but for the long term you should position yourself so your ideal sort of job is a possibility (typically by expanding your education and skills).

Jason Todd

I'm in a similar situation actually, my dream job is going to sh!t at the moment and my hours have been cut. This job is one I have always wanted and studied in college for. Unfortunately it was never well-paying and less so now that my hours have been cut.

Realistically speaking, we are coming into Christmas with no savings and have two small kids to think about so I am looking at any work at all that will pay some way decent money and pack in what's left of my current (ideal) job.

If it has to be done, it has to be done.

CruelCoin

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You're his wife, as much as its his duty to provide, its your duty to encourage and support.

Shake him till he takes the hint!