Excuse me if this is a little long, but I don't know what to do.

I work for a real estate appraisal company, and rates are continuing to go up, so nobody is refinancing and there are a handful of purchases happening right now.....The appraisers I work under say for us to just "ride the wave" and wait it out. (AKA going from 40 hours a week to about 18-25)...Cutting my pay literally in half. It has been like this for about 3 weeks now, and I honestly cannot afford to keep working here if it is going to continue being like this. I am torn.....Should I stay here and suffer a huge pay to my cut and huge financial stresses until things are busier, or leave for a full time job?

What would you do?