ah yes, just slap "armchair" in front of something to invalidate someone's position.

>Taking that job means 4 hours less time each day looking for a better job because you're busy with this part time one

>Are those 6 hours to you really worth your time when you could have spent those 6 hours trying to find an even better job?

The money you "earn" searching for a job is highly variable, and I don't see any attempts at quantifying it. If you were recently employed for $4000/month, your time might very well be spent looking for a job rather than taking the next min. wage job, but if you were unemployed for 6+ months and your previous job only barely paid better than minimum wage, the ROI is probably not there.

>Not only 4 hours less for work, but another 1 or 2 hours each day because now you're driving to and from that job. So 6 hours less each day.

Aren't part time jobs closer to "8 hours a shift but you come a few times a week" rather than "4 hours a shift but you come in 5 days a week"?.

>Now that you're working it also means being less eligible for any government assistance. $1000/month to work 4 hours/day while taking $800 less government assistance comes out to... a net of $200/month. For 4 hours/day of work and an additional 2 hours/day for transportation.

Thank you, that's the type of numbers I was looking for in the original comment.

>And when you do reach homelessness, is that $1000/month job going to continue employing you?

Would you rather be on the streets in 10 months or 5 months? The choice seems clear.