I graduated with my master’s degree this past May, but haven’t been able to land a job in my field yet. I have a promising lead for a really great position, but even if I get it, it will likely be another 1.5-3 months before I would actually start. While my wife’s job pays most of our bills, it’s been really tight, so I’ve been itching to bring in an income so we can feel comfortable with our finances.
I decided to apply for a job at Starbucks since I’ve worked a lot of food service positions in the past, and I set up an interview for later this week. However, I’ve been having a lot of anxiety about the fact that I’d ideally leave the job really soon after starting since this is sort of a “just while it’s necessary” thing for me. I know I don’t owe anything to a massive corporation, but I feel like I’ve been brainwashed by capitalism into feeling like I’d be a bad person for taking a position that I will hopefully quit in a matter of weeks. Is what I’m doing screwed up? Or is it chill and fine that I’m doing what I need to do???