Can anyone offer me some job advice? Which one should I choose?

[Anonymous]

I don’t like phones. But the pay for the first one sucks.

$13 per hour , clerical work , room to move up to recruiter etc

$20 per hour , seasonal job/temporary , call center work from home

Keep looking

[WindAtMyBack]

It really depends on your financial situation. $20 per hour pays more but there is no future in it. $13 per hour doesn't pay as much, but has some future potential.

Personally I always chose lower pay with better long term experience and advancement. I viewed it much the same as I view paying for college. You sacrifice now for better long term prospects.

Do you like working from home? How long term is the temp position? What are the odds of becoming a recruiter? Would you like being a recruiter? Would you be good at it? Do you know what it pays (recruiters at agencies work partly on commission).

Bottom line is that short term money is important, but so is long term opportunities and liking your job. You have to decide what's most important to you.

In both cases you should continue looking for a job. You should never quit looking for better opportunities.

You should also regularly ask yourself, "What do I have to offer an employer? What experience or skills will make me more valuable? How do I get those skills and experience?".

[MCheetah]

$13 an hour for full time work in this economy and you're complaining? Might as well keep looking until you get that "Sit on my ass and do nothing and get paid $50,000 a month for it" job you've always wanted. Not that that isn't literally already a thing; it's called OnlyFans.

[Asker]

Lol I wish but I don’t have the body for it 🤣 . Honestly I’m not complaining just want to make the right choice $13 would be the lowest I’ve been paid. So I was a little nervous about taking it.
by the way call center is not easy

[MCheetah]

I did call center work from home before. In 2010 during the housing recession. I sold dietary supplement packages to assholes in a MLM sham company called Zurvita. It's not worth it and most people don't have the discipline to work from home (especially with easy access to porn and sleep right there, not that this applied to me).

So I know how hard cold calling is. I've probably done every single entry-level job in the world. From cleaning work, to bodyguard work, to marketing, to selling CutCo knives, to selling vacuum cleaners, to doing door-to-door green energy deals.

[Asker]

My end goal is to go back to school in springtime for another associate so I wouldn’t do either one for a long time. I don’t have a car but I can walk or take the bus. I’m pretty much in the same boat. I’ve done a lot of entry level. My main goal is to at least get a ride. Honestly I’m 27 and so far behind my peers in every aspect and I think I make f up decisions. That why I needed opinion. Sorry for venting just had to get that off my chest lol

[MCheetah]

If you said the lowest paying job you've ever had is $13 an hour and you're usually getting paid $20+ an hour, then that's not exactly being poor. $20 an hour is $41,600 a year, which is more than the average $32,000 a single American makes. Unless you live in NYC or California, you're strongly middle class, if not slightly-upper middle class.

[Asker]

$20 would be the highest. I usually average around $15 . So this would be my night paying so far

[Asker]

I’m in fl by the way pretty expensive but doable

[Asker]

First “ high “ paying job

[Curmudgeon]

Is the clerical one full time? Benefits? I get that the nominal pay is lame, but does it have more potential than being a pest who works at a call center?

[Asker]

Both are Full time and neither has benefits but the clerical one does have perks. it’s at theme park so I get free park tickets which is cool ig …… Tbh neither one seems just right but need work while I’m still looking.

[Curmudgeon]

Well, there is the "fun factor" of the theme park if those places are your kind of thing. And it is more permanent (which is odd, since theme parks usually ARE very seasonal unless they are just about all indoors). Just consider it a stepping stone to a better job. It probably will look better on the resume or next job application than the call center job will. If the call center job has evening, weekend or otherwise off-peak hours of work, might you do both? (Assuming no school and no social life to speak of, never mind otherwise)

[TroyDT]

A lot of call center jobs are scams so be careful if you opt for that. I am guessing you are not in California because out here fast food places are starting inexperienced 16-year-olds at $16.50 and up.

[Asker]

I’m in Florida and that exactly what I was thinking ! i know a job is a job but I would be making less than a average high schooler. And it’s $2 above minimum wage.

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

Go where you are comfortable is my best advice with the salary and work conditions.

Never work for anyone only to feel miserable at the end of your work day. Life is too short for that.

[joeldalton]

B and keep looking. Assuming all jobs are legit offers.

[britishbby]

Take the temp and keep looking for work