Catch 22 Time!!!!

By taking the job, you are contributing to why this industry pays pilots so little and requires so much (training, responsibility, time commitment, etc.). It is quite simple why they do it when you take the free market approach..... BECAUSE THEY CAN and pilots will still keep coming.

By not taking the job, you are still unemployed thus, not building any flight time and probably losing whatever currency you had before. The longer you stay out of flying, the longer it is that you will likely remain out of flying. Not to mention the commercial pilot newbees who will jump at ANY pilot job (see below)

The problem in our industry that pilots (myself included) continuously complain about is the lack of pay and maltreatment toward the pilot community however, pilots (Getting a pilot job-itis overshadows the fact that the job is ABSOLUTE crap besides the flying) continue to flock to these excessively oppressive flying gigs for pennies.

"Screwed if you do, screwed if you don't"

Just my humble $0.02 observation