A Sort of Opportunity ...
Jun. 12th, 2006 05:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
saavedra77That political consulting firm offered me a job, today. The position sounds interesting, if demanding: long hours spent training and organizing volunteers, and raising funds. As expected, the pay would be kind of pitiful, but I think enough to get by on.
One particularly problematic wrinkle, though: they'd want me to relocate to somewhere else in the country during the last 10 weeks of the election campaign--basically, from late August through early November. Where? Wherever the electoral math says that they need people. They would pay for the move and would offer me the option of sharing a house with someone at the assigned location, freeing me from housing expenses there and potentially enabling me to keep my Seattle apartment (and not move all of my stuff).
Problem 1: I'm going to have to adopt a fairly spartan lifestyle to live on what this job pays.
Problem 2: What the hell would I do with Zoe and Ozzy if I'm moving to parts unknown, during the fall?
They seem pretty excited about hiring me: they've called me twice, today. I told them that I would get back to them with a decision, tomorrow.
One particularly problematic wrinkle, though: they'd want me to relocate to somewhere else in the country during the last 10 weeks of the election campaign--basically, from late August through early November. Where? Wherever the electoral math says that they need people. They would pay for the move and would offer me the option of sharing a house with someone at the assigned location, freeing me from housing expenses there and potentially enabling me to keep my Seattle apartment (and not move all of my stuff).
Problem 1: I'm going to have to adopt a fairly spartan lifestyle to live on what this job pays.
Problem 2: What the hell would I do with Zoe and Ozzy if I'm moving to parts unknown, during the fall?
They seem pretty excited about hiring me: they've called me twice, today. I told them that I would get back to them with a decision, tomorrow.
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Date: 2006-06-13 12:50 am (UTC)As much as you love your little apartment, perhaps you might consider a situation wiith a cat-loving roommate.
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Date: 2006-06-13 04:24 am (UTC)Plus, I am still worried about the whole money thing.
And I'd miss Seattle, terribly.
Like my ex used to say, I tend to have trouble dealing with uncertainty ...
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Date: 2006-06-13 04:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-13 04:32 pm (UTC)That said, it does kinda sound like it might be a good way to get your hands dirty and maybe even make a difference or two, which might be pretty cool...
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Date: 2006-06-13 06:49 pm (UTC)So, security? Not so much.
In fact, I could foresee a scenario in which I got stranded in the relocation site, without having earned enough to move back!
Frankly, I don't think that I can take the job; there's just too many ways that it could turn around & bite me in the ass.
Maybe I can find something better that's related to the election, or maybe I'll just have to make sure that I get a 9-5 job & do volunteer work after hours, this election cycle.