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Would you quit your current position if you were offered a better Salary/Benefits/Commute convenience at "The American Dream Mall" in NJ?

Funkybee

Funkybee

Member
Feb 20, 2019
2,243
So a friend of mine was offered a position as Accounts Payable Specialist with a raise of ~15k from her current job in a Giant Real Estate Corporate in Manhattan. She is scared to accept the offer because Mall VS Continuously growing Giant Real Estate Corp (which has a reputation of laying off employees on the spot without even a freaking heads-up and a 2 weeks time to find something).

Should she accept the offer?
What would you do if you were in a similar situation???
I need your wisdom Era.
 
Torpedo Vegas

Torpedo Vegas

Member
Oct 27, 2017
22,623
Parts Unknown.
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Bruceleeroy

Bruceleeroy

Banned
Oct 26, 2017
5,381
Orange County
Hahaha first post.

I was thinking yes, yes, yes until I read Jersey.
NOPE

Jersey is basically the real world counterpart of Gotham City only in Jersey there is no Batman.
 
Doc Kelso

Doc Kelso

Member
Oct 25, 2017
5,157
NYC
Yes, but layoffs are worrying. How old is she and how robust is her resume? A 15k raise is fucking bonkers.
 
B4mv

B4mv

Member
Nov 2, 2017
3,056
If she lives in NJ then yes. Commuting to NYC is miserable. I refuse to ever do it
 
Coyote Starrk

Coyote Starrk

The Fallen
Oct 30, 2017
53,015
It will likely go out of business in the next 5-10 years. Or at the very least go through a series of layoffs. So I would tell your friend to keep that in mind.


Large scale malls are just not viable anymore given the popularity and ease of online shopping. It's just not worth the hassle.
 
KillingJoke

KillingJoke

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
3,672
If there is a good chance of layoffs for both companies why not just go with the company paying more?
 
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Funkybee

Funkybee

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Feb 20, 2019
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KillingJoke said:
If there is a good chance of layoffs for both companies why not just go with the company paying more?
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You make total sense, but long term, I believe her resume would look better with longer experience in a bigger company than having experience in a Mall which honestly I'm not sure for how long will survive. Not taking in consideration room for growth in this case, but if I'd do that, I'm quite sure there's no comparison here. Corporate wins by a mile (If no layoff would happen lol)
 
Bigkrev

Bigkrev

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Oct 25, 2017
12,309
Funkybee said:
It would reduce the commute time by a hefty ~2 hours almost (minus public transportation crazy prices). Shit is tempting for real.
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So it's a $15K raise, and it's going to save about an hour each way in time? Yeah, she should take the job at the mall. If a company was willing to hire her and give her a pretty nice raise, then even if the operation goes belly up (which won't happen for 2 years at minimum), she obviously has the resume and can do an interview that can get her a job somewhere else
 
Netherscourge

Netherscourge

Member
Oct 25, 2017
18,920
Funkybee said:
So a friend of mine was offered a position as Accounts Payable Specialist with a raise of ~15k from her current job in a Giant Real Estate Corporate in Manhattan. She is scared to accept the offer because Mall VS Continuously growing Giant Real Estate Corp (which has a reputation of laying off employees on the spot without even a freaking heads-up and a 2 weeks time to find something).

Should she accept the offer?
What would you do if you were in a similar situation???
I need your wisdom Era.
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If they lay her off, they pay her unemployment for 6 months, so long as she has been working somewhere and getting wages from the past 2 quarters.
 
Smokeymicpot

Smokeymicpot

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Oct 25, 2017
3,839
More money and less travel time. Why not? They put a lot of money into this mall honestly. For the first few months it is mostly a theme park.
 
Consequence

Consequence

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Oct 27, 2017
1,973
I'd do it. I don't think her resume will be dragged down much by it, she might even be able to get a nicer title out of the mall job to throw on there.
 
Drax

Drax

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Oct 25, 2017
5,081
Funkybee said:
Yeah North Jersey which it would be a ~30 mins drive which is fine.
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I worked in the area for a long time, the traffic there can be really awful and will get more awful in the future. Especially if you are taking route 3 etc. To be frank the area is already at capacity traffic wise, so I'm not sure if it really can take an influx of traffic.

There is also the potential of Mondays and Thursdays being complete disasters since it's right next to the meadowlands stadium.
 
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