Money or job satisfaction?

NormInv
NormInv Posts: 3,303 Member
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Which one do you pick?

- a high paying job doing work you can easily handle but find boring and mundane.
- an average to low paying job where you get excited to work everyday.
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  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    Second one.
    Boredom is the biggest stress inducer. Gah...
    Edit: Which means I'd totally take on a second job in a heartbeat if needed. Mhmmm.
  • _Fenrir_
    _Fenrir_ Posts: 471
    definitely the job satisfaction.
  • NormInv
    NormInv Posts: 3,303 Member
    Really?

    Things you can do with money: nice hobbies, nice vacations, nice toys to forget the work.
  • SweetTrouble_
    SweetTrouble_ Posts: 933 Member
    First one, so I can see what it's like.
  • ronmonkey
    ronmonkey Posts: 316
    Job satisfaction, and I'm doing it already :-)
  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    Really?

    Things you can do with money: nice hobbies, nice vacations, nice toys to forget the work.
    I don't want to have to DREAD going to work every single day, regardless of the money. Not worth it.
  • Leonidas_meets_Spartacus
    Leonidas_meets_Spartacus Posts: 6,198 Member
    Second one, the first one will come when you enjoy doing something.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Job satisfaction every day all day times a giggity-gillion.
  • ZealousMissJJ
    ZealousMissJJ Posts: 454 Member
    Second one. I have the first right now and I'm always too stressed or too tired to really enjoy myself on my time off.
  • crimsonandclovers
    crimsonandclovers Posts: 35
    High paying job for sure. That way I can have all the things in life I always wanted. A nice flat, a nice car, holidays with my boyfriend, help my mum out, etc. I'm more than okay with being bored day after day if it means i get to go home and enjoy my life outside of work.
  • PHS7
    PHS7 Posts: 213 Member
    Both. I make a pretty decent living but I work a lot of hours and have a considerable amount of stress with my job (my boss is nuts!). But as I'm getting closer to 50, I find myself wondering if I'm able to find a different job that is far more satisfying and less of a burden. Well, I guess that's life.
  • TimelessRoses14
    TimelessRoses14 Posts: 6
    Reminds me of a quote I heard somewhere.

    "A man who loves his job, never has to work a day in his life"
  • Leonidas_meets_Spartacus
    Leonidas_meets_Spartacus Posts: 6,198 Member
    High paying job for sure. That way I can have all the things in life I always wanted. A nice flat, a nice car, holidays with my boyfriend, help my mum out, etc. I'm more than okay with being bored day after day if it means i get to go home and enjoy my life outside of work.

    If you are bored, you either don't have lot of work to do or won't focus on doing it. Either ways you might get fired, there is hardly any free lunch these days. LOL
  • umer76
    umer76 Posts: 1,272 Member
    I am currently working at high paying job for past 4 years now. Nothing new to learn. Given the choice I would take the second option.
  • Black_Coffee88
    Black_Coffee88 Posts: 15
    Job satisfaction, every time! I don't understand how anyone could purposefully pick a boring job. O.o Then again, with my career choice I should get to have both...
  • NormInv
    NormInv Posts: 3,303 Member
    High paying job for sure. That way I can have all the things in life I always wanted. A nice flat, a nice car, holidays with my boyfriend, help my mum out, etc. I'm more than okay with being bored day after day if it means i get to go home and enjoy my life outside of work.

    Thats an interesting point and worth exploring.

    We dont live to work; we work to live. So more money means you can leave work at work and have a real life outside of work.
  • MyOwnSunshine
    MyOwnSunshine Posts: 1,312 Member
    Both.

    I've done both at one time or another, and they are equally important, which is why I am currently suffering through full-time grad school in addition to working my full-time job.
  • NormInv
    NormInv Posts: 3,303 Member
    Job satisfaction, every time! I don't understand how anyone could purposefully pick a boring job. O.o Then again, with my career choice I should get to have both...

    Reading comprehension? The choice is not boring vs interesting. The choice given was boring+money vs interesting+no-money
  • LiftBigtoGetFit
    LiftBigtoGetFit Posts: 3,399 Member
    take the money, use it to enjoy your time away from work... Job is only necessary for a short period of time and is used to enjoy the other parts of your life... unless of course you can find a job with satisfaction and good money to boot.:smile:
  • vanillacoffee
    vanillacoffee Posts: 1,024 Member
    Second one, I think. (It depends on how low the salary is.)
  • Slacker16
    Slacker16 Posts: 1,184 Member
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    I'd prefer to be somewhere in the middle (I'm boring like that).
  • RebelliousRibbons
    RebelliousRibbons Posts: 391 Member
    Give me the money.


    I could always save up enough to find a more enjoyable job later.
  • veruca25
    veruca25 Posts: 41
    Second one.
    Boredom is the biggest stress inducer. Gah...
    Edit: Which means I'd totally take on a second job in a heartbeat if needed. Mhmmm.

    money

    stress from boredom?? id take that stress while vacationing wherever i wanted over stressing about how im going to pay my heat/ electric/ rent bill.
  • Noamsh
    Noamsh Posts: 79 Member
    Since I'm just about to get the most useless degree one can possibly study for and currently have zero career prospects, a job, ANY job, would be good. :laugh: (other than being a waitress of course.)
  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    Second one.
    Boredom is the biggest stress inducer. Gah...
    Edit: Which means I'd totally take on a second job in a heartbeat if needed. Mhmmm.

    money

    stress from boredom?? id take that stress while vacationing wherever i wanted over stressing about how im going to pay my heat/ electric/ rent bill.
    Yes, stress from boredom. I prefer to keep active.
  • Building_Bulk
    Building_Bulk Posts: 20,596 Member
    Show me the money!!!
  • RedHeadDevotchka
    RedHeadDevotchka Posts: 1,394 Member
    Money. Job satisfaction is nice but if you make good money you can go on vacation and have awesome hobbies. Id rather have my outside life be the most interesting, fun thing in my life than my job.
    Enjoying your job can only go so far if there's no financial payoff.
    I have had both good paying jobs and horrible paying jobs. (My favorite job was the one made the least money too btw).
  • NormInv
    NormInv Posts: 3,303 Member
    Since I'm just about to get the most useless degree one can possibly study for and currently have zero career prospects, a job, ANY job, would be good. :laugh: (other than being a waitress of course.)

    let me guess, english lit?
  • tlcarolinagirl
    tlcarolinagirl Posts: 1,700 Member
    High paying job...just being honest. You can always have fun after work, but you can't if you are having to work 2 or 3 jobs. Just my opinion, don't shoot me :tongue:
  • arwacky
    arwacky Posts: 1,653 Member
    Since I'm just about to get the most useless degree one can possibly study for and currently have zero career prospects, a job, ANY job, would be good. :laugh: (other than being a waitress of course.)

    let me guess, english lit?

    My guess is philosophy but that sounds like such a fun thing to study..


    I'm sorry but I think I'd take money..my job life might suck but at least I wouldn't be stressed in other aspects of life when it comes to bills and paying for extra things I might want.

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