Debating Job Offer; Please help!

[Kimmity]

Hello!

Thank you so much for offering your much needed insight! I recently interviewed at my local prison and initially received a general rejection letter through my CDCR account. Then 2 weeks later, I got a call for a job offer! ^-^

Unfortunately, I have no idea what kind of schedule I will be on. I know that it will be 5, 8 hour days but not sure if it is a set schedule or what hours it will be. I have been having a hard time trying to find these answers.

I currently work at my local hospital part time 2 days a week, but since I got hired there only 4 months ago, I feel bad giving my notice. Everyone there is very nice and I will definitely miss my coworkers and the hospital experience. However, I am really excited about working in corrections and do not want to miss this opportunity! In reality, I would prefer to work at both places even though it will be working 7 days a week. How difficult will it be to work at both places with mandation?

I am also not sure if CDCR is hourly pay or salary pay, they are estimating around 8,100/month grossly. I am not sure if the pay is worth working 20 days a month versus the 8 days I am currently working a month. My gross pay currently is around 4,100/month. The difference seems pretty big, but after taxes...there is only around a 1500 dollar difference between working the 8 days versus the 20 days!

I guess my questions are:

Is there a contract to work with CDCR for a set amount of years?

What are the benefits?

What schedules are there usually?

Do you still have to work the next day if you are mandated the day before?

How hard will it be to work at both places?

What is the work like in corrections versus hospital? Fast pace? Lots of medication passes?

Is it hard to have vacation time approved?

Thanks so much for your help and sorry for the long passage!