there’s a finance position available at work right now. my quandry is whether i should take a job i don’t particularily want to do, but could, just to make more money. it’s about a 20% increase in pay and about a 60% increase in workload & stress. the person i’d be working with practically begged me to apply for it.
i’m young-ish. it makes sense that i work hard while i can, make more money, put more away for later, retire earlier. hopefully, i’d be able to pay off my debts, find a nicer place to live, buy a new car.
do i leave a job i’m just coasting in to do something more challenging? i’ve never been very ambitious or cared about making it big. my worry is that it’s not even close to anything i’m interested in doing. i hoped i’d never be involved with finance again after leaving my last job.
i fear getting stuck in a position i’ll be afraid to leave because i won’t find anything that pays as well. then again, i’m in the same situation in my current job; but, the extra time i have affords me the opportunity to dabble in the things i do enjoy (web design, for example) and it’s closest to my avocation than anything else.
for love or money? that’s what it’s boiling down to…
ooh – tough call, daisy.
*sigh*
Go with door number 4.
do you really want to be stuck doing something you’re not going to enjoy? i made the mistake of going into webwork for the higher pay but after 1.5 years, i was really hating it. do what you’d love. or go with door #4. whichever.
i’m also a little worried how much longer my wrists are going to hold out doing data entry… ugh.
decisions suck.
well, no harm in trying for the job, i guess. maybe you could move onto better things from there
yeah – is there a requirement on how long you have to stay in a job there?
it depends. there are so many other circumstances which come into play, i can’t be sure of a grace period or not.