Career Progession

d-arke

What would someone do in the following situation that I find myself in?

Continue in a job that pays well but in an industry that has no personal interest but with scope of fantastic rewards (i.e. Finance industry with large salaries), or take about a €7-10k pay cut to work in an industry with more of a personal liking, the pay cut being you have no industry knowledge.

The second option would have scope to increase salary after about 6 month to a year, providing I look for a position with another company in the same sector as I would imagine the company would not offer that kind of salary increase to a newbie.

Cheers for reading.

ntlbell

d-arke wrote: »

What would someone do in the following situation that I find myself in?

Continue in a job that pays well but in an industry that has no personal interest but with scope of fantastic rewards (i.e. Finance industry with large salaries), or take about a €7-10k pay cut to work in an industry with more of a personal liking, the pay cut being you have no industry knowledge.

The second option would have scope to increase salary after about 6 month to a year, providing I look for a position with another company in the same sector as I would imagine the company would not offer that kind of salary increase to a newbie.

Cheers for reading.

What's important to you?

money or being happy in work, it's not rocket science.

Meathlass

d-arke wrote: »

What would someone do in the following situation that I find myself in?

Continue in a job that pays well but in an industry that has no personal interest but with scope of fantastic rewards (i.e. Finance industry with large salaries), or take about a €7-10k pay cut to work in an industry with more of a personal liking, the pay cut being you have no industry knowledge.

The second option would have scope to increase salary after about 6 month to a year, providing I look for a position with another company in the same sector as I would imagine the company would not offer that kind of salary increase to a newbie.

Cheers for reading.

No choice really for me - go with the job that you like - 10,000 is a big paycut but you say that after a year you can get an increase. What would you prefer - being in a job you detest for the next 35 years but earning big bucks or actually looking forward to monday but maybe having to sacrifice that second sun holiday? No contest for me and I should know as I work in a s**t industry for little pay with very little career progression but love my job.

hockeygirl

Do whatever makes you happy,


Ive just changed industries and am starting my new job beginning of august. and Im taking a 16k! pay drop.

No regrets whatsoever

Quazzie

If you enjoy your job you'll never work a day in your life!! A quote that has seen me take a job that I know I could earn more doing something less satisfying, and I've never looked back

No1XtinaFan

This was me 12 months ago
Do it, you'll regret it otherwise, even if it's not what you thought it's the only way you'll know.

I was working in a mortgage brokers last year and always wanted to be a make up artist.
I got a job in Brown Thomas and took a €7k pay cut and obviously had to go back to retail hours ie Weekends late nights etc.
I enjoyed doing what I was doing but it soon became clear to me (esp at Christmas when I was pretty much just passing my bf by in our bedroom!) that I didn't want it enough to give up my life (!) or the money!

I'm back in a different brokers now and it's much better, I think the main part of that is because this time last year I thought there could be nothing better than working as a make up artist and it made me despise what I was doing.
Now I know, even tho I liked doing it I prefer to have money and a social life

My point is, you should definitely try it, even tho it didn't work out for me, I would still be miserable if I hadn't tried it

Good Luck :cool:

IanCurtis

No1XtinaFan wrote: »

My point is, you should definitely try it, even tho it didn't work out for me, I would still be miserable if I hadn't tried it

Good Luck :cool:

Fair point, but it seems a shame.

Seems like it was mainly the unsociable hours of retail work that you didn't like?

A better paid weekday shift and you'd be still in that line of work, rather than selling mortgages?

No1XtinaFan

IanCurtis wrote: »

Fair point, but it seems a shame.

Seems like it was mainly the unsociable hours of retail work that you didn't like?

A better paid weekday shift and you'd be still in that line of work, rather than selling mortgages?

Yea it is a shame but I'm glad I tried it.
Anyone in the make up industry knows the hours needed starting off, as did I, if anything retail is prob the best, working on shoots etc you never know your hours and you could be there morning to night

Maybe I would have stuck it had I not had a mortgage/serious relationship/car loan etc!!! But the world is full of maybes and I believe everything happens for a reason

DublinWriter

OP Dude - life is short, go for it.

bbbbb

The money is always relative, what does 7-10K mean to you and your family? Will you be living on beans & toast?
Also work hours, commute are other quality of life factors.

bills

yea i think its the fear of the unknown & the thought of less money. Just have to be brave, whats the worse that could happen

DD

put on paper the advantages in each case and the decision is yours

IanCurtis

No1XtinaFan wrote: »

mortgage/serious relationship/car loan

All these things can disappear overnight.

Give it a proper go.

You have no-one to answer to but yourself.