Please someone tell me if I'm making a mistake (voluntary redundancy)
I've been a manual tester for 6 years, with the company for 10 and it's been acquired by another company who's making one of the two QAs redundant. I've been given the impression that I'm the one they want to keep but I can volunteer for the equivalent of 6 months pay.
I'm on £27K which I know is pretty awful and they've confirmed no instant pay rises. The new ceo essentially told me I'm overqualified and I could become a dev later on but he duped his way into buying this company so I don't really believe him.
I was all set to volunteer on Monday but my friend thinks it would be less risky to just stay and look for a new job, but that feels really selfish when my coworker would be happy to keep the job. I know the job market is terrible but am I taking too much of a risk?