I'm currently interviewing for a full-time work from home position that I would consider temporary. It is a permanent position with the company, but I wouldn't consider it a good long-term role for me for salary reasons.
I left a position with an unethical company a few weeks ago because at 60ish hours a week and 50%+ national travel my search for another job was going nowhere. In the past few weeks, I've learned that this search is likely to last at least another couple of months. I'm currently freelancing but am concerned about the not great income and lack of health insurance. To be completely transparent, I'm close to being FI now and have the resources to support a long search, but I'm paranoid about the impact of a gap in full-time employment to my marketability. This potential "temporary" position is a great short-term fit for me because it's 100% remote, utilizes one of my skill sets, sounds relatively easy (for me, not necessarily for anyone) and at 40 hours a week or potentially less (!) would give me the time to continue to freelance and pursue more lucrative positions.
I have been in a similar situation once previously but could still use some advice. Have any of you accepted a full-time position and continued your job search uninterrupted? If so, how did you handle your current position on applications and in interviews? Did you feel that you needed to stay in the interim position for a certain amount of time? Did you feel that the "temporary" job helped or hurt your marketability? The particular position that I'm currently considering would be an asset for some of my preferred jobs, but I'd be hesitant to voluntarily disclose it because the salary's so low (about half of what I'm targeting) and I'd be wiling to move on almost immediately for the right position.
As I mentioned above, I've accepted a full-time job as a resume filler/interim gig once before. In a similar scenario, previous employer #2's leadership also behaved unethically, tried to force me to behave unethically and required 60+ hours/week including weekends. When I indicated that I was going to resign (per their ridiculous one month notice policy), horrible employer #2 forced me out immediately. At the time, I had significantly less experience and financial resources. After about a month of searching I accepted a sales position as a resume filler to avoid having to list a gap. I continued to apply for jobs in my field uninterrupted. In that situation, I wasn't concerned about disclosing the interim job because it obviously was not a great use of my skills. Ironically after passing on a few jobs in my field because they paid terribly, I was promoted to regional manager with the employer I didn't consider long-term. Unfortunately, a few months later the company was bought out by their biggest competitor, who planned to either substantially reduce my base salary or eliminate my job entirely, so I moved on to another position.