I'd still be hesitant. When a company is cutting jobs because they are in trouble, they become somewhat unpredictable. The hiring manager you're talking to may

I'd still be hesitant. When a company is cutting jobs because they are in trouble, they become somewhat unpredictable. The hiring manager you're talking to may himself be out of job in a couple of weeks. Example: Someone my wife knows moved to a different state to take a job with a big financial firm (Fidelity) and they got "laid off" before they even started.