I’m retired so don’t really care anymore but I’ve got friends in business mainly DoD and they say the quality of candidates they get for job interviews is pathetic. Most don’t want to work at work they want to work from home. Others they look at and don’t even want to interview them and their degrees are impressive but their knowledge doesn’t match what the degree states.
I recently did an info interview for a job that pays significantly less than my old one. Given what I’ve read in this thread, and given that I’m nearly 2 months unemployed, if I’m offered this job, I will simply take it. There’s no need for putting myself through unnecessary suffering.