What about getting a loan? The look of the place didn't worry : me as I was going in but a lot of actions of the 'male talent' definitely : made me wary.
As an engineer, you will be making :: between 100,000 and 200,000 dollars a year, so those 5000 dollars will be :: less than 5% of that and seem like nothing.
I'm sure the last year of so has been a :: massive learning experience about the best and worst in people and you seem :: to be handling it with a level head.