Would it be a mistake to leave a stable job that you dislike for a temporary position that pays more? I have to decide by tomorrow!

I know I've kind of answered my own question, but I would like some additional input.

I've been working for a family friend (who is an insurance agent) for about 3 months. One month before the pandemic, and then this past June and July. I'm a customer service representative; I sit at the front desk and answer calls, help customers with billing, and whatever else needs to be done. I'm not too crazy about this job. I don't think I'm too much of a people person, not as much as he wants me to be. I am also mildly autistic (aka Asperger's) and have ADHD. I found that out recently so that alone has altered how I view everything, especially jobs.

I don't like talking on the phone; I'll do it if it's necessary but I strongly prefer not to. I get especially anxious about mishearing people, dissatisfied people, and people that don't have straightforward requests or questions. I really don't know much, the most I can do is look at customers' records and deduce an answer. In my opinion, our office isn't run efficiently. We have a 1.5 star rating on Yelp, but a 4.3 star rating on Google to mitigate it. Reviews say that our staff is unresponsive and unknowledgeable. It makes me very uncomfortable when people start complaining because I really can't do much. I can only pass on their requests and complaints to the account representatives. And half of the time they don't even get to what I've asked or sent them, so customers contact us again complaining even more. I wasn't really formally trained, I was taught things in bits and pieces. So sometimes they have me do tasks with little guidance or only oral instructions. My coworkers also don't wear their masks at their desks, and we are in a small office. I'm facing away from them in the front but it always bothers me. I go in 4 days a week (1 hr and 40 minute commute total) and get paid $13/hr. This job stresses me out at times, even though it's a relatively "chill" job.

I've been looking for other jobs, with little success. But I just got an offer today. I applied for a general research support job for a social sciences research company about a month ago. I did a virtual interview about 2 weeks ago, and the recruiter got back to me this week. During the interview she said that there are multiple research projects happening, so she would forward my resume to the project managers. She came back with 2 options: a remote full-time data entry position that pays $18/hr for 1 month (with a possible extension), or an on-site position working with a government system for the rest of the year. The latter requires patience, excellent customer service skills, and the ability to stay on the phone for up to 2 hours helping clients. Naturally, I leaned towards the former option. I told her I was interested in the data entry position, which I think is far more suitable for me. She reached out to me today to extend an offer for the data entry position. I was pleasantly surprised, but the start date is this Monday.

I talked about it with my dad, and he said it wouldn't make sense, because what would I do after the 1 month? That our family friend did me a favor, and I don't want to seem ungrateful. I hate feeling indebted to our family friend. I'd rather work for strangers, because I'm afraid of messing up and forever changing our family friend's opinion of me. And I've already messed up. I'm not sociable enough, he gave me a book on conversational skills and played the first chapter of How to Win Friends and Influence People on our Alexa. I also make mistakes here and there.

I graduated from college 2 years ago with a psychology degree and I still don't have a real job or career, it depresses me. I hate having this problem and being so directionless. Advice?

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Would it be a mistake to leave a stable job that you dislike for a temporary position that pays more? I have to decide by tomorrow! Would it be a mistake to leave a stable job that you dislike for a temporary position that pays more? I have to decide by tomorrow! Reviewed by Louhi on juillet 23, 2020 Rating: 5

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