re: OT: Career Advice

If this were a job that required a bunch of training, I might agree with you. But this is a secretary job - it's not hard. The only person who's going to "train" me is the lady who's retiring. She'll "train" me before she leaves - which is a luxury they wouldn't have if I didn't take the job. She can "train" me while I'm still doing my current job.

Take the maternity out of the equation - I'm not going stay long in this job anyway. As soon as my current position is over, I would start looking. Should I just say, "Oh, you know what, I'm going to turn down this regular paycheck in the meantime?"

As it is, he'll probably get me for 9 months, which is longer than I would have stayed in this position without the maternity factor. Maybe longer depending on how long it takes me to find another job.