Should I go to this interview?

glitteringgem

I have been offered an interview on Monday, however, I have read the info emailed over to me and the salary is extremely low. I have recently been made redundant and am seriously job hunting but this position would see me take a massive £7,000 pay cut, I am willing to take a pay cut but this seems a bit too much of a fall.

Should I politely decline the interview and explain that my salary expectations are higher than what they are offering?

MissSarah1972

glitteringgem wrote: »

I have been offered an interview on Monday, however, I have read the info emailed over to me and the salary is extremely low. I have recently been made redundant and am seriously job hunting but this position would see me take a massive £7,000 pay cut, I am willing to take a pay cut but this seems a bit too much of a fall.

Should I politely decline the interview and explain that my salary expectations are higher than what they are offering?

how long are you prepared to be out of work? I am applying for jobs that are 14k less than I was on and still not got one even at that low salary.

If you think you will get a job soon don't go if not go and take it and still keep looking for a better paid job.

gibson123

glitteringgem wrote: »

I have been offered an interview on Monday, however, I have read the info emailed over to me and the salary is extremely low. I have recently been made redundant and am seriously job hunting but this position would see me take a massive £7,000 pay cut, I am willing to take a pay cut but this seems a bit too much of a fall.

Should I politely decline the interview and explain that my salary expectations are higher than what they are offering?

Pay cut on what? You don't have an income at the moment. Go to the interview, the time to decline a job is after you have been offered it, at the interview say that the salary is a lot lower than you previously earned in a similar role and can it be negotiated. You could also take the job at the lower salary and keep looking for better paid jobs, unfortunately during recessionary times, most people go into a lower income category on being made redundant and it takes them a while to get back to their previous levels, overall wage rates are on a downward trend.

McKneff

glitteringgem wrote: »

I have been offered an interview on Monday, however, I have read the info emailed over to me and the salary is extremely low. I have recently been made redundant and am seriously job hunting but this position would see me take a massive £7,000 pay cut, I am willing to take a pay cut but this seems a bit too much of a fall.

Should I politely decline the interview and explain that my salary expectations are higher than what they are offering?

Decline the interview and the JC will decline to pay you your JSA

kloana

glitteringgem wrote: »

I have been offered an interview on Monday, however, I have read the info emailed over to me and the salary is extremely low. I have recently been made redundant and am seriously job hunting but this position would see me take a massive £7,000 pay cut, I am willing to take a pay cut but this seems a bit too much of a fall.

Should I politely decline the interview and explain that my salary expectations are higher than what they are offering?

Would you still be able to keep your head above water? Is it preferable to what you have now (i.e. no job?)? If so, give it your all, and take it!

Also, if it's such a big drop, is it actually a full-time position? If not, is there scope for overtime? Just having a job, regardless of pay, can do wonders for your ongoing job search, not to mention your self-esteem, quality of life and wellbeing. Good luck x

MissSarah1972

McKneff wrote: »

Decline the interview and the JC will decline to pay you your JSA

They wont unless they know
1- you have applied and
2- you turned down an interview

lady1964

I was made redundant last year and having spent some time overseas, had to look for work on my return.

I got a job paying around £7k less than I was earning pre-redundancy and the job is far less challenging and quite different to what I had been doing for nearly 8 years, however, I consider myself lucky to be earning anything decent.

I do keep an eye on job sites etc to see what else is about, with a higher salary but for now, I'm satisfied to be earning and paying my way.

whitewing

Definitely go for the interview.

Jamie_Carter

McKneff wrote: »

Decline the interview and the JC will decline to pay you your JSA

You mean the JC (on behalf of tax payers who would be paying your benefits).

kloana

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

They wont unless they know
1- you have applied and
2- you turned down an interview

To add, I don't see anything to indicate that the OP is on the dole at all. They may not be!

hcb42

and unless things have changed, even on JSA you are able to keep the same job title and salary for x weeks.

It is all relative of course, if you were on £20K and now offered £13K I would not go, as it's too far back, if you are on £50K and have to take a job at £43K, then it's a no brainer, go for the interview, you never know where it will lead.