Work life balance is €50 worth it?

Ray Palmer · 24-01-2013 11:21AM #1

So I get paid a daily rate which is a decent wage. Many would say I am overpaid but if it so easy to do they can get the same job. Anyway there is a role similar to my current role and it pays an extra €50 a day but after tax that is about €23.
The journey time would at least double from 25 mins to about 1 hour each way.
Assuming the wage I earn is enough as is would people bother?
Commuting now is pretty much free but the new commute would cost €6 per day. There is a carear advantage to the change too.
So for an extra 70 mins a day I'd get €17.
I don't think it is worth it but the wife thinks I should do it for the carear advantage

Nuttzz · 24-01-2013 11:25AM

behind every great man, there is a great woman. listen to your wife.

If there is a career advantage then you will have the potential to make even more money down the road, look at the big picture

whomitconcerns · 24-01-2013 11:26AM

thats an extra 11.6 days per year at €351/day (17*5*48)...so down to you if the career advantage is worth it. Doesnt seem too bad a return though!

Zulu · 24-01-2013 11:31AM

Tough call. I take it you are contracting? If it's IT, are you learning anything new in your current role? (If not, you could be slowly screwing yourself in the long run by staying and getting stale)

Micky Dolenz · 24-01-2013 11:31AM

Alwayd listen to your missus. If things go tits up you can blame herself.

irelandrover · 24-01-2013 11:32AM

Honestly I'd say it's not worth it unless it is a really big career step and the travel time would not be long term. You currently have a good salary and a relatively short travel time and that is worth more than the 17 a day.
I'm currently doing an hour each way to work and fortunately will be cutting that to 25 minutes next month.

dr.bollocko · 24-01-2013 11:33AM

You need to learn to enjoy your time commuting more.

Urinate on other passengers. Throw chips at people. Shoot up some heroin. Perhaps follow that up by puking messily into a can of dutch gold. Then kick the can so that everyone gets a piece.

whomitconcerns · 24-01-2013 11:37AM

dr.bollocko wrote: »

You need to learn to enjoy your time commuting more.

Urinate on other passengers. Throw chips at people. Shoot up some heroin. Perhaps follow that up by puking messily into a can of dutch gold. Then kick the can so that everyone gets a piece.

Dont forget to listen to music loudly on your mobile phone speaker..it really is a nice way to share!

Where To · 24-01-2013 11:38AM

Do whatever you're happpiest doing. 100000 a day isn't enough if you don't like your job

Ray Palmer · 24-01-2013 11:47AM

Zulu wrote: »

Tough call. I take it you are contracting? If it's IT, are you learning anything new in your current role? (If not, you could be slowly screwing yourself in the long run by staying and getting stale)

Not really too much to learn in either role beyond what I know already. It is a slight move to management. I probably will make the jump up anyway without the role so it isn't a once in a lifetime chance.
In no rush right now so I think that is why I am not bothered. I read before for every 20mins of commuting you lose an hour of social life. I find it believable

AnonoBoy · 24-01-2013 11:48AM

Where To wrote: »

Do whatever you're happpiest doing. 100000 a day isn't enough if you don't like your job

Course it is.

Lots of people don't like their jobs for 600 euro a week.

Ray Palmer · 24-01-2013 11:52AM

Where To wrote: »

Do whatever you're happpiest doing. 100000 a day isn't enough if you don't like your job

I agree but putting up with something to move along can be worth it.

MurdyWurdy · 24-01-2013 11:56AM

Personally, I wouldn't for an extra €23 a day. Extra commuting sucks balls.

The only reason I would is if you really didn't like your job now and you thought the new one was going to make you a lot happier/content/interested/stimulated.

24-01-2013 12:06PM

Unless it's a real step up career wise, or unless you really need that extra cash, or if you really want a change, then no, I wouldn't move.

5 hours less a week to yourself before you even take into consideration the trains/buses/luas being cancelled due to adverse weather conditions or the likes. Nah.

Where To · 24-01-2013 12:08PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Course it is.

Lots of people don't like their jobs for 600 euro a week.

They shouldn't be doing it then.

AnonoBoy · 24-01-2013 12:13PM

Where To wrote: »

They shouldn't be doing it then.

What a lovely world you live in where everyone gets to do the job they love and not have to live with the harsh realities of the fact that not everyone has the luxury of doing that really all the time but yet still have to pay rent, support their children, feed and clothe the family and carry on living.

D1stant · 24-01-2013 12:15PM

Ray Palmer wrote: »

So I get paid a daily rate which is a decent wage. Many would say I am overpaid but if it so easy to do they can get the same job. Anyway there is a role similar to my current role and it pays an extra €50 a day but after tax that is about €23.
The journey time would at least double from 25 mins to about 1 hour each way.
Assuming the wage I earn is enough as is would people bother?
Commuting now is pretty much free but the new commute would cost €6 per day. There is a carear advantage to the change too.
So for an extra 70 mins a day I'd get €17.
I don't think it is worth it but the wife thinks I should do it for the carear advantage

Thats a real First World problem there Ray.

Just pack it in and go on the dole. Zero commute, no expenses

Where To · 24-01-2013 12:16PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

What a lovely world you live in where everyone gets to do the job they love and not have to live with the harsh realities of the fact that not everyone has the luxury of doing that really all the time but yet still have to pay rent, support their children, feed and clothe the family and carry on living.

As opposed to doing a job you don't give a **** about, where you're no good to anybody, least of all yourself?

Ray Palmer · 24-01-2013 12:16PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

What a lovely world you live in where everyone gets to do the job they love and not have to live with the harsh realities of the fact that not everyone has the luxury of doing that really all the time but yet still have to pay rent, support their children, feed and clothe the family and carry on living.

In relation to what my question is about what was said is relevant. It is about extra money, carear advancement and travel time.

Ray Palmer · 24-01-2013 12:21PM

D1stant wrote: »

Thats a real First World problem there Ray.

Just pack it in and go on the dole. Zero commute, no expenses

Not really as we aren't a first world country;)
Work life balance is a real thing in our country and it doesn't matter what happens in poorer countries.

smcgiff · 24-01-2013 12:22PM

Ray Palmer wrote: »

In relation to what my question is about what was said is relevant.

No, no it wasn't.

You seem to have made your mind up before posting. So why post?

Thinly veiled... I have a wife or
Thinly veiled... I'm great at my job I am

24-01-2013 12:24PM

Ray Palmer wrote: »

In relation to what my question is about what was said is relevant. It is about extra money, carear advancement and travel time.

I thought that said time travel and I was all like :eek: take the goddamn job.

Disappointed

Nonoperational · 24-01-2013 12:29PM

Where To wrote: »

They shouldn't be doing it then.

I'd venture to say that the majority of people don't "like" their jobs. Of that half most tolerate it without hating it, but a considerable proportion dislike it too.

Going out and working is a necessity for most.

Ray Palmer · 24-01-2013 12:34PM

smcgiff wrote: »

No, no it wasn't.

You seem to have made your mind up before posting. So why post?

Thinly veiled... I have a wife or
Thinly veiled... I'm great at my job I am

Well I think it is and I found your comments not relevant given what I said.

Thinly veiled I have chip on my shoulder comments from you.

I haven't decided yet either.

Where To · 24-01-2013 12:35PM

Nonoperational wrote: »

I'd venture to say that the majority of people don't "like" their jobs. Of that half most tolerate it without hating it, but a considerable proportion dislike it too.

Going out and working is a necessity for most.

You're probably right, unfortunately.

AnonoBoy · 24-01-2013 12:38PM

Where To wrote: »

As opposed to doing a job you don't give a **** about, where you're no good to anybody, least of all yourself?

I don't know about that. Bringing home a pay cheque that ensures your children don't go hungry, your home is kept and your family's needs are taken care of? That's not being no good to anybody.

I agree, yes that people should strive to do what they're happy doing but take a look outside dude - it's not all meadows and ****ing sunshine out there at the moment. There's more to life than work and I think manning up and going to work even in a job that you're not particularly fond of is taking responsibility and providing for your loved ones. And without being too soppy - having a happy family around you will make you happy.

sfwcork · 24-01-2013 12:45PM

dont believe you have a missus

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Where To · 24-01-2013 12:45PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I don't know about that. Bringing home a pay cheque that ensures your children don't go hungry, your home is kept and your family's needs are taken care of? That's not being no good to anybody.

I agree, yes that people should strive to do what they're happy doing but Imtake a look outside dude - it's not all meadows and ****ing sunshine out there at the moment. There's more to life than work and I think manning up and going to work even in a job that you're not particularly fond of is taking responsibility and providing for your loved ones. And without being too soppy - having a happy family around you will make you happy.

I agree there's more to life than work, so why waste your time doing a job you hate?

It's makes life a lot easier to have twice the satisfaction from half the effort than to have half the satisfaction from twice the effort.

o1s1n · 24-01-2013 12:51PM

Where To wrote: »

I agree there's more to life than work, so why waste your time doing a job you hate?

It's makes life a lot easier to have twice the satisfaction from half the effort than to have half the satisfaction from twice the effort.

There's a big difference between 'doing a job you don't like' and 'doing a job you hate'.

The latter I would say is mental to stick with, but the former (and the boat a lot of people are in) is pretty normal.

Where To · 24-01-2013 12:57PM

o1s1n wrote: »

There's a big difference between 'doing a job you don't like' and 'doing a job you hate'.

The latter I would say is mental to stick with, but the former (and the boat a lot of people are in) is pretty normal.

I don't think they are any different. Neither are a job you 'want' to do, and I believe that if you are doing something youu don't want to then you are just wasting everyone's time, including your own.

AnonoBoy · 24-01-2013 01:00PM

Where To wrote: »

I agree there's more to life than work, so why waste your time doing a job you hate?

It's makes life a lot easier to have twice the satisfaction from half the effort than to have half the satisfaction from twice the effort.

My point is that not everyone gets to do a job they like.

Some people might love to be writing film reviews for Empire or be a master brewer for Jameson or drive race cars for Ferrari but they don't have the skills or the wit or the intelligence or the luck or whatever to get to do it.

Sometimes life goes: "Oh you want to be a jockey? Tough sh*t you're 6'5"." or "You want to be a personal trainer? Here have a gammy leg that won't allow you to run properly."

So why it's all well and good and inspirational-postery to say "Do something you love and you'll never work a day in your life" it doesn't always work out that way for everyone.

Me? I've got a f*cking great job me, so I'm ok.

Work life balance is €50 worth it?

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