Money V's Job Satisfaction

DF1

Just wondering if any of you have any thoughts.

I am about to start a new job.

I have a choice of 2.

The first is a management job earning €75k per year, loads of pressure and stress, not a job i really like but dont dislike doing it either.

The second is a manual job, €45k per year, no stress, its a job I have always loved doing and wanted to since a very early age.

My head is with the money but my heart is job satisfaction.

Tom Dunne

Always happiness. What use is money if you are miserable?

Sephiroth_dude

Tom Dunne wrote: »

Always happiness. What use is money if you are miserable?

+1,go with the one that will make you happy,which is the 45k one.

qwytre

Don't cop out of it, take the management job. It might be tough but you will earn much better money and you will gain experience. Maybe in 12 months time if you dont like it you can move to somewhere else but you'll have the solid experience under your belt and you can command a bit more than 75k then etc.


Either way you have to work 40 hours a week so I'd rather have the extra 30k going into my salary. Learn to deal with the stress and pressure. Put it in persepctive too, its just work.

Don't take the "easy" job!! Do you want to be earning 40k in 5 years time too or working until you are 65?

Gone West

Don't be that angry guy in management who doesn't like his job. The bad feeling will rub off on the people under you, and be negativity for all.
Go with what you want. Theres no need to be on a high band if you're not happy.
Someone recently described life to me as being like WoW (lols yeah...) because youre working 70% of the time to enjoy the other 30%.
Well why not work 70% of the time for a lower wage, enjoy 100% of your time, just that 30% of it won't be enjoyed quite as lavishly!

Einstein

way of life far outways income in my opinion.
Problem with the 75k job, as nice and all as that money is, when you'r used to that kind of income, it'll be hard to step away from it, when you realise you've had enough!

4Xcut

Provided the 45k is enough to live a lifestyle that you are happy with , there is no reason to turn down a job that you want to do.

NinjaTruncs

How old are you, if you're young will probably get the chance to do the managerial work in the future.

token56

If it was me I would be going for the money, but then again it really depends on the person. You should just sit down, think about what you value the most and what you really want from a job.

dade

work to live. you'll probably be miserable in the higher paid one and will probably work long hours and have very little quality free time coz you'll be too bloody tired

snellers

STRESS KILLS

fact

don;t go for the stressful job, particularly if you don't actually want it badly.

I'm sure there are many people on boards who will verify when I say that one of the worst things in life is a sunday evening wishing you didn't have to go into a stressful office the following day that is making you unhappy generally in life. Work is a huge portion of your life - important you are happy IMO

Work to live is what I say!

DF1

Thanks to all for the replies.
Just another few details.
I am 31.
The 2 jobs are in totally different industries, so basically i'm thinking whichever i go for now will be a long term thing as i'm starting to get to the stage job hopping is not really an option.
On the management job its not a case that i would hate the job but just really indifferent.
In the manual job a days work just seems like a few minutes and i always end up looking at my watch wondering where the day has gone.
I know i'm relatively young but as the saying goes "I may either ****e now or get off the pot" !.
Its a decision that has toiled in my mind for a couple of years now which industry to go for but its crunch time now as i am due to start a new job in the next couple weeks.
I know from experience in the management job I usually end up with 2 or 3 sleepless nights per week but the manual job would involve 2 or 3 hours more per day.

Still undecided.

snellers

I would go for the job that immediately comes to mind as the one you want (before your mind starts taking everything else into consideration and confuses things) - I find gut instinct tends to almost always be right.....

dresden8

I may see things a touch differently here. Previous respondents may be slightly younger and used to moving between jobs when they weren't happy. Apologies if that's a stereotype but I do have a point to make.

I go to work. From the time I leave the house in the morning until I get home it's dead time. Absolutely useless to me. I go to work to earn money to let me live my life. Job satisfaction is all well and good but money and job security are what you should be concerned with now. The times of being unhappy and finding another job are well gone. Follow secure cash.

If they paid me the same money for sweeping the floor, I'm there dude.

From a disillusioned 80's type.

snellers

Job security? that is the problem...can anyone say for sure their job is secure these days?

Dresden8 apologies if I am stereotyping but are you one of the 80's breed who are now at present mortgaged up to their eyeballs chasing the bigger house/car/holiday/pay off credit card debts/keeping up with the Jones's (delete as appropriate) ?

IMO family and personal wellbeing are the most important factors above everything else. ....followed by financial wellbeing of course. If the OP has serious financial considerations and his alternative job is something obscure and specialist that doesn't offer any long term security (well as much as a job can at the moment), and hardly pays the bills then yes it is a no brainer - take the higher paid job. ....but that shouldn;t be the only factor.

you are 100% correct boredom, money and security are great at the moment.....but stress and genuine unhappiness (which then affects family life) is not a good combination....certainly not a long term option. - that was my point - not suggesting to flit from job to job at a whim.

(please take the critique tongue in cheek....all friends here! :-)

qwytre

snellers wrote: »

Dresden8 apologies if I am stereotyping but are you one of the 80's breed who are now at present mortgaged up to their eyeballs chasing the bigger house/car/holiday/pay off credit card debts/keeping up with the Jones's (delete as appropriate) ?

IMO family and personal wellbeing are the most important factors above everything else. ....followed by financial wellbeing of course.

That really is some terrible sterotyping. Yeah there are some people like that but there are also lots of people who can balance ambitions with a quality of life. You can be ambitious, well paid, and not drive a top of the range landrover or have huge credit card bills etc. There are people who want dont want to splash all the cash today but rather are building for their future.

I know plenty of people who are quite comfortable financially due to being ambitious and working hard. They have good families and dont buy into "keeping up with the Jones". They will also be able to retire in their late 40's because of their hard work.

So dont assume that working hard or putting a focus on your career will result in a dysfunctional personal life.