Background: I am a former professional online poker player of ~5 years. Graduated with MBA last year and have been working in real estate marketing since. Current job is part time so I have been job searching for quite a while. Anyone who has searched for jobs for an extended period of time knows how much it sucks.

I'm 29 years old, and I am married with a 10 month old baby.

Situation: I'm 95% sure I'm going to receive a job offer with a very successful company in the online gambling industry. It seems like a great position, with good pay. I think I'd be a great fit for the position. The downside is it would require me to work weekends. I basically would snap accept this job if the weekends weren't required.

I'll list pros and cons and hopefully you can give me some input on what you would do in my situation!

PROS
- Online gambling industry is obviously an interest of mine and my background would translate well into this position/company.
- Large, successful company would be a nice change of pace from the current small, struggling company I work for.
- Nice pay and benefits.
- Been job searching for a long time with not much success, and if I accept I wouldn't have to search anymore.
- Being home 2 days a week with the baby would save ~$9k/year in child care expenses.
- Obviously this schedule wouldn't be forever. Could do it for a year or two and move on.

CONS
- Working weekends (Weds-Sun) 9-5 would make it so I rarely get to see my wife, and get to hang out with the family all together except for nights after we both get off of work.
- My 2 days off would be home with the baby. It would be great to hang out with her but it's not exactly relaxing and I wouldn't really have any days to myself to get anything done.
- Would taking a job in the online gambling industry hamper my chances of latching on with another company in the future or does that not matter?

Please list any additional negotiation points you think I should bring up when I speak to them as well.

Thanks for your input!

What Country is the job in?

What line of work is your wife in?

What's your MBA in?

What type of online gambling is it?

Why is it Wed-Sun? Sounds like customer support, correct?

yeah, you should turn this job down and keep searching for a job while collecting your currently meager income. I mean working weekends? That's just criminal! Plus you are going to be divorced in a couple years anyway, so you should spend as much time with your wife now as you can.

So wait, in another universe, you and your wife both work Monday to Friday and have weekends off. In that universe, you would not have to deal with the baby and would have "days to yourself." Is this because whenever your wife isn't at work, it's her job by default to deal with the baby? That's pretty ****ed up ****, man.

If offered, take the job. See if these days off and marriage issues become insurmountable. If so, quit. Should help, not hurt, resume regardless.

Take it from someone who once worked in online gambling: just because they have millions of dollars behind them, don't presume they're solid. Lots of online gambling companies burned through millions on their way to going belly-up....and it sucks when you're stranded in another country and you get a story and excuses on payday instead of a paycheck.

How long has this company been in business? Also, please address all of Saklad's questions in post #2.

(In my experience, having an online gaming job has not hurt my resume at all...but then again, I work in the casino business. If I ever do pursue something in a different field, I doubt anyone in "the real world" would make any distinction between Caesars Palace, Wynn Resorts, and BetCaribbeanSports.net, they would all sound the same to a novice.)

I'd take it but I've always worked weekends anyway. In these uncertain economic times, one can't afford to pick & choose like previous generations & having a dependant is also a factor.

what does your wife do? is it possible she can get on a similar schedule as you? since you are working at home, it's not like you'll be 100% dedicated to work that you won't see your kids/family while you are there.

You can still employ a childminder on your days off, maybe one of them anyway, if you want some peace and quiet and have stuff to get done.

Why do you think he'd be working at home?

Take the job and learn a lot while getting your foot into the industry. With your background as a grinder, you'll enjoy it.

My advice, make yourself indispensable and then perhaps you can gradually move away (or negotiate) from working Sundays.

GL

Snap call, I don't even understand what the complaint is. You get to save 9k by spending alone time with the baby two days a week and developing intimacy. Does your wife go to bed at 6PM or something? You'll see her when you get done with work each day.

Whoops it was late, i guess he'd just be working from home those 2 off days.

What are these "uncertain economic times" you speak of?

You forgot to include what the job actually is and that is pretty important.

Ignoring that this should be an easy decision.

As far as getting stuff done Saturday and Sunday are the worst days to do anything since those are the days most people have off and a lot of things are closed. I would much prefer to have two weekdays off than the weekend off. You still have nights free so no real impact on social life although based on your post it doesn't sound like you have much of one. Really the only negative here is missing football but that assumes you even like football.

so you are 29 with a newborn, currently only have part-time work, are now being offered well paying full-time work in an industry you are interested in, yet still dont know what to do?

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This is a no-brainer OP.

Yeah, I think so too. Unless OP has like 8 other interviews lined up and feels like he's a hot commodity, this is an easy choice.

Really curious though what kind of position requires Wed-Sun work schedule though.

Thanks for the serious reply.

Looks like the overwhelming response is to take the job, which I've been leaning towards anyways.

The schedule will be tough but like BoDiddley said, I will work hard and hopefully eventually move to a regular schedule.

Thanks to everyone who contributed. My decision wasn't going to be based on the responses here, but it seems like everyone thinks it's not much of a decision at all.

Take the jerb for the reasons everyone mentioned. Just wanted to add that it is way easier to get a job once you have a job and guy with MBA+ experience is much more attractive hire than random MBA with zero experience.

Congrats and good luck. Job searches suck.

Turn down the job and win the main event this summer.

What kind of online gambling job is based in the USA? Or is their marketing in the USA, while the gambling is taking place offshore?

What kind of marketing needs to be done on weekends? I mean, this guy is in marketing, too:

Tell us how your wife feels about it

Easy accept unless you're one of those people who look for any excuse to avoid working.