Last One In First One Out?

I am in the last stage of a job interview with a company I’ve been talking to for over two months now due to a slow interview process. When I started my job search the impending recession did not seem as impending but now I think the opposite. I am wondering if I switch jobs I could be opening myself up for getting laid off in the future?

My current job pays me $100k in a location I don’t like and I have to live with my parents in my late 20’s due to a lack of available apartment that are closer to work then my childhood home. It’s a family owned development company and activity has been minimal at best which isn’t great cause I’m in an acquisitions role.

The job I’m interviewing for is in Los Angeles which is a place I’d much rather live at my age. They told me the offer would be in the 125k-150k range and I would get a title increase. They are also a smaller company but they buy existing assets and I was told they have recently raised a fund and they are targeting 3 deals a year but could be variable depending on market conditions.

Overall I want the new job more but I don’t hate my current job and would not like to be laid off in the future cause of the jump. Am I over thinking this?

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Do you have savings? Can you move back in with your parents for some time if shit hits the fan?

Zero clue about the details of the new role.

If all of your "safety" bases are covered, you should bet on yourself. Stagnation can be riskier than failing.

 
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I would take the new role, but keep your powder dry and be ready to jump somewhere else if needed. It took me three months to find another gig after I got laid off and it taught me a very real lesson to keep a lot more cash on hand in case things go wrong. Don’t worry about how you could lose the new job, worry about how to do as well as possible once you start.

 

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