Hello

I wanted to seek advice regarding my situation. Unfortunately, I have no one to ask regarding this in my personal life so I'm resulting to put it out here.

For context, I got hired as an MT for my first job last year but a month in I realized it was a career mismatch as I was placed under Tech and Dev roles and the rotations I would have would be within that area. I really struggled because as a Marketing major, I wanted to have rotations under Operations, HR, and the like. This left me very anxious, and I was in a bad place mentally because it was mentally taxing and frequent OT's were required on my end, all the more being in a Tech and Dev space where I had absolutely 0 knowledge about. I was in a bad place and really wanted to leave as I didn't get any satisfaction despite having an above average salary (40,000) for a fresh grad and benefits.

In that same month, a family friend of ours from abroad, came home to visit after 10 years and we found out that he is now the managing director of his own company (QHSE,H&S Consulting). I took this opportunity to tell him about my struggles and he offered to help me out by offering me a job which is centered on Data Entry, handling the compliance/CRM Software and other admin tasks. I was told that he usually doesn't offer roles for fresh graduates but given that I had honors and he knew me personally, he decided to.

However, the pay would be 5,000 less than my previous and this would have 0 benefits since I would be working remotely full time. I was told that there's a possibility I could work abroad onsite and receive visa sponsorship but this would depend on my performance after 1 or 2 years.

I decided to accept the offer and now I'm about 3 months in. I'm doing better mentally right now and I'm doing well in my new role as well.

The thing is, I feel insecure when it comes to my work when I talk with friends because they're all working corporate/office jobs, whereas I'm fully WFH and I also don't know what my career would look like in terms of progression. I also don't have any benefits and it's somewhat a No work-no pay arrangement as I have no SL's and VL's. At the same time, I feel jealous that they are able to socialize and make friends from work whereas I don't have any.

At this point right now, I'm considering on applying to onsite roles again but I'm worried that given my experience, 2 months in an MT program, 3 months in a Data Entry role, that I would be given a much lower salary considering the PH Market. I'm not sure if I could receive an offer higher than 35,000 given my previous roles. I'm looking to get into Marketing, Operations, or HR Roles though I don't know what job or field to aim for specifically.

I'm also worried that this would leave me on bad terms with my current employer, who's a family friend, and look bad on my resume and could make me look like a job hopper.

What should I do? As a not-so fresh grad, I'm very uncertain, insecure and worried about my career and work life. I'm turning 24 this year and I honestly don't know what I want to do yet. Should I resign and look for other roles? or stick it out for a year and revisit the possibility of me working abroad with my managing director?

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TL;DR: Got into an MT Program as my first job but it was a career mismatch for me and got offered a data entry job by a family friend from abroad for 5,000 less than what I used to earn with 0 benefits (and WFH setup) but with possibility to work onsite and receive sponsorship after 1-2 years. I feel insecure when I'm with my friends as they all have office jobs and can meet new people and make friends, and have benefits. Should I resign and look for other roles? or stick it out for a year and revisit the possibility of me working abroad with my managing director? What do I do?