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Interview for a job I don't actually want

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EmmaH2022 · 03/10/2022 18:59

I am sorry if this is really first world

I have been freelance for years. I wanted to improve things financially so have applied for one permanent job, all the while thinking, "I don't want to do this, why am I doing this".

I only applied for that one and the thought of going back to offices, meetings, blue sky thinking etc etc filled me with horror so I didn't even look the last two weeks.

I have today heard I've got an interview.

Shall I go? Shall I see it as temporary and a better way to secure a mortgage offer?

It's part time so I could keep my key clients. I do have to commute though, two or three days a week.

It's a good employer with good benefits, in terms of holiday, sick pay. The way things are going economically, it seems a good idea. If I am ill, it puts a bit of money on the table.

It was a choice that came out of fear rather than necessity. Just feel like the economy is a real worry and I saw the 90s recession as a teen. My sister went straight from school to years of unemployment.

my freelance work is a bit feast or famine. December is likely to be quiet. I enjoy it though.

i dunno. Any thoughts?

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EmmaH2022 · 04/10/2022 11:56

Seriously though...if anyone is still reading, what sort of financial cushion would you think is enough to just keep freelancing? Bearing in mind I only support myself.

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