# Job Advice **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 18, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/job-advice/224673 "2012-07-18T13:03:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/job-advice/224673/21 "2012-07-19T07:13:50Z")
Fry beat me to it. Come back to ask this question when you get a job offer, not an interview. ---
**Author:** ![paulysplitx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulysplitx/32/7320_2.png) [@paulysplitx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/paulysplitx)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/job-advice/224673/22 "2012-07-19T10:00:44Z")
> [@FourEyed](#): > > Actually he is in a completely different field, and there are not too many of those jobs around here that I am aware of. It’s the same position in a sense, but it is completely different. There are so many different divisions of construction and you can’t just move from one trade to another overnight. > > The other thing to think about is the hourly wage is double, but maybe they can’t guarantee at least 40 hrs a week. Some days you might just have to show up on a job site and leave after a couple hours. Any PM I have talked to is fed up with the stress and BS lol. What I do is a specialty, the closest company that does what I do is up in Albany. Then the rest are all out of state. Also there is no guarantee of 40 hours. > [@Fry](#): > > Wait, wait, wait. Hold the fucking phone. I just reread the first post. You’re asking whether or not to INTERVIEW for a job? Always go to interviews. Go find out more about it before you make your decision. You don’t have to take a job just because you get an offer, or if you’re sure you don’t want the job end the interview saying thanks but no thanks. At the very worst you spend a day learning about another company, networking with people in your field, and brushing up on your interview skills. > [@boardjnky4](#): > > Fry is right. Never turn down an interview. Come back to this thread with an offer letter in hand and we’ll talk. > [@Paulo](#): > > Fry beat me to it. > > Come back to ask this question when you get a job offer, not an interview. I can schedule an interview anytime. The company already had my resume reviewed it and I know the offer in hand for the position, but why waste their time having them travel from Philly if im not serious about the position. ---
**Author:** ![jrod0187](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@jrod0187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jrod0187)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/job-advice/224673/23 "2012-07-19T10:45:53Z")
The first opportunity to move out of NYS I’d take it. That’s just me though. I’ve worked with several PMs and a few that we’re in the same boat you’re in now. A few of them moved around WNY and then some did exactly what you’re thinking and moved back. Got to go where the money is. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/job-advice/224673/24 "2012-07-19T10:57:04Z")
So you’re afraid of taking on contract work because there’s only one company in the area you are dead set on living in that can employ you? I’d take the higher paying job and use the shorter hours to develop more marketable skills. Career management man. What if your company shuts down, downsizes you, or moves in 2 years? [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/job-advice/224673.md?page=1)