Money or Happiness? Decide Wreckless' Career Path ITT.

[Wreckless]

I'm working 65 hours a week for great money. But I hate it. I'm secure in my position because no one with the right background wants to work the hours or they fuk around calling off or whatever and get fired. It's salary so the overtime sucks balls. I gotta be at work at 5 am and I never sleep.

I got contacted by a former employer who is kissing my ass to fill an open position that is 40 hours a week. It's midnights and I will be on my own with no supervision doing a very easy job for someone with my skills. I think it's a little more shaky than my current job. Maybe they just lay me off in a month or decide they don't like me.

Basically my decision is should I have a bunch of money and no life or make a little more than enough and have a ton of free time? Solid hardcore career? Or just above entry level and risky but I can live my life?

I've hardly worked the past 4 years because ive avoided a career up to this point but I'm old and its getting played out. I feel like I'm being immature if I go for happiness and need someone to tell me it's OK.

Or I'm just typing this to sort it out myself I dont know.

[Guest]

Re: Money or Happiness? Decide Wreckless' Career Path ITT.

tough decision

the men tore through ya soul if u ask a ban

no i said dementor though ya soul if u azkaban

[Wassup]

Re: Money or Happiness? Decide Wreckless' Career Path ITT.

Get a women and live off of her

[moneyfloyd23]

Re: Money or Happiness? Decide Wreckless' Career Path ITT.

I would choose the latter. I've done 60 plus hours a week and it fucking sucks. No social life, little sleep, etc... It depends on what you value more as you stated on your thread. Happiness or money/ job security.

[Little Drummer Bino]

Re: Money or Happiness? Decide Wreckless' Career Path ITT.

any promotion opps in 1st where itd b less intense?

[Skandalouz]

Re: Money or Happiness? Decide Wreckless' Career Path ITT.

if u havin no life that means u been stackin up. this decision depends solely on ur stack size if u been savin up properly u can compensate a nice part of the wealth difference with that if you need to. 20 hours a week less and more free time is never a trade down imo not if you still receive the same salary per hour imo

if u have the discipline for 60h/week u should def consider starting up ur own shit if the shaky job fails

[AmityvilLee]

Re: Money or Happiness? Decide Wreckless' Career Path ITT.

Happiness should always come first. What the fuck do I know though, I have major depressive disorder(nothing to do with money tbf) and I'm broke af.

What I do know though is, I'd rather happiness than money, of which I have neither.

[Curdled Milk]

Re: Money or Happiness? Decide Wreckless' Career Path ITT.

consider your external environment...
we are headed for a recession,
you really wanna be switching jobs in that shit storm..
trust me, bad economic times is the worst for switching jobs.

you're young,.. work your ass off now and plan well so you get you side gigs in..
I've been juggling 3-4 gigs for twenty plus years

it pays off in the end yh

45-65 is the new 25-35 if that makes any sense whatsover

[moneyfloyd23]

Re: Money or Happiness? Decide Wreckless' Career Path ITT.

tough decision

the men tore through ya soul if u ask a ban

no i said dementor though ya soul if u azkaban

http://www.youtube.com/v/pTohYwtg9iw...hl=en_US&rel=0

[Brokeback Jimmy]

Re: Money or Happiness? Decide Wreckless' Career Path ITT.

need actual numbers to make accurate decision imo

[billybobjoe]

Re: Money or Happiness? Decide Wreckless' Career Path ITT.

keep the job u have imo

[moneyfloyd23]

Re: Money or Happiness? Decide Wreckless' Career Path ITT.

How much is the salary difference by the way?

[Mock]

Re: Money or Happiness? Decide Wreckless' Career Path ITT.

ya post the percentage difference

I'd agree with milk - work harder now to relax more later, money is hard to come by

[Wreckless]

Re: Money or Happiness? Decide Wreckless' Career Path ITT.

Current is 60 a year.
New is about 42 a year.

Keep in mind I'm in the rust belt and nobody pays here.
Dollar goes quite a bit further than big cities tho.

If you think it's small money good for you I don't care when I thought about why wouldn't I post the $ amounts.

[Mock]

Re: Money or Happiness? Decide Wreckless' Career Path ITT.

That's not a huge difference, unless you can move up a lot with the higher-paying gig I'd go with the 42 so long as it was stable

should it fall out how hard would it be to get a similar gig as your 60