Weighing a contract offer against waiting after 17 years as a janitorial supervisor

The pay is fair but there are no benefits. Thank you in advance. I would gain recent experience. What would you do?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it last year, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.

I took a contract and it converted after four months. The time also kept my skills current.