Help! Advice Needed!!!!

So I need advice. Do I stay or do I go?

I have a great job. I love the company, I love the people, and I love what I do. However... layoffs are pending and I'm in no position to be without a job, not even for a few weeks.

With the fear of layoffs over my head I did what any of us would do...I polished up my resume and posted it, just to see what was out there.

Well.... I got a job offer. Now what? Do I stay in a ship that is possibly sinking, or do I jump ship to a company who was 300% over the mark last year and growing...

Benefits, commute...all that jazz is comparable between the two.

Help!!!!

POST A COMMENTeconobiker(04/30/2013)
Welcome back after seven years of no posting.

Re-read you posting without your name on it and you will see that "DUH" the answer is easy.

The time to bail out is when you get a job offer while you still have a job in a cratering company or industry.

econobiker(04/30/2013)
I also think that your comment is slightly on the spam spectrum by saying that a company is "300% over the mark".

[That statement alone should also tell you to go with that company versus layoffs in the current company...]

redstapler(08/06/2013)
Thanks Econobiker for your feedback.

UPDATE:
I submitted my resignation. The counter-offered, but I declined. Then they asked if I would do consulting on the side for them, of which I accepted.

I took the new job. I hate it. Yes...they may have made 300% more than last year, but the owner skewed his information a little bit to get me on board. They might be 20 years old, but its because he's been a one-man-band for 19 of those years and has just recently decided to add staff. That said...I now find myself working for Napoleon contrarian that thinks working nights and weekends in addition to the normal 40 hours a week is acceptable.
But... on the flip side, I have a job, and I am thankful. It turns out that after I resigned most of my team got laid off and the project I was working on was dissolved.

In summary, employed but not so energetic about going to work each day. Hmmm..sound familiar jobschomobbers?

Deadat43(09/04/2013)
Be happy you have a job. Yes, you hate it but you get to eat food you bought and sleep in a bed each night.

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