What's more important: money or health??? In tough situation...?

Question

I'm an office manager for a small company. I barely have 8 months working here and I'm still learning how to do everything. I pretty much know about 85% of what I need to do, but the problem is that it's affecting my health. The company is still not very stabelized, with rules and regulations, we sometimes have arguments, and missunderstandings because the other workers and my boss don't communicate. I try to do my job right, but since I'm still learning they blame it on me or they expect me to know how to do everything. THis is the first time I work as an office manager, and didn't know anything about paperwork. Not only is my job exausting since I manage everything in the office, but aside of that we have problems with employees (family), and it stresses me out alot. I had a panic attack about 2 weeks ago and I was really bad. It took me at least a week to get better. My sister own a restaurant which she recently bought, and asked me if I wanted to work there as a cashier.

THe problem is that if I work with my sister the pay is les and we are barely making it me and my husband. we're planning on buying a van from my sister and if I leave this job we would be really tight! Although, I would feel much better, less stressed, less problems, and my health would be better. Now working for the company has been fun for me too, but I get fustrated, and even if I talk to my boss about the problems things won't change! I do my job right, and I work hard, but there's too much drama and problems, but in a few months I'll be getting a raise! If I work at the restaurant I would be earning 7 per hr.! I'm studying to become a nurse assitant, but it will take me at lease a year to finish. What do I do???

Answer 1

They say money can buy you health ... yet money can be earned, health is not easily recovered.

At your present job, you are the proverbial lightning rod--the bridge between an uncommunicative boss and a complaining bunch of employees--and the convenient scapegoat--the neophyte who does not know her job. The fact that the company is still at its infancy makes it doubly hard for you--every rule, regulation and policy are being tested on a trial-and-error method to serve as empirical bases for future improvements.

Stress is your greatest enemy, yes, and that will definitely take its toll on your health. Are you having palpitations? Do you experience dread everytime you think you have to report back to the office? Do you cringe at the mere thought of how you goofed on a particular task that you were supposed to do but failed to due to uncooperative employees and therefore caused you undue embarassment? If you answer yes to any of these three questions, then it is time for you to call for a time out and reassess your options.

It is not only your physical health that is affected, but also your mental health. If you can no longer find time to relax, to temporarily forget the inanities of life for even just half an hour, and when you feel that events are happening too fast that you couldn't keep pace, QUIT THAT JOB. No matter how much money you are being paid (but it is just a start-up so I strongly doubt that), do you think the money you will earn will justify your losing a kidney or having partial liver dysfunction due to job-related stress?

Since you have an option to be at a (maybe a lower-paying and less-challenging) job as a cashier at your sister's business, then you will still have that earning option without the accompanying stress.

But: how well do you and your sister get along? This must also be considered since family relations could be soured by business relations and vice versa.

But if you think that given some more time, you will eventually be up to the challenges of the present job with no potential long-term mental and physical problems as consequences, then stick it out and prove your mettle.

Answer 2

I think health is more important than money and if your job is stressing you out that bad, maybe you should leave. The fact that you haven't been there very long could be the reason, though. Working for your sister might be good - you would have some flexibility and you would have a job that was easy and paid decent money - but keep in mind that sometimes working for family can turn into a nightmare really fast.

Answer 3

Now that you have some experience, maybe you could find an office manager job somewhere else. I urge you to find a new job BEFORE quitting your current one.
Can you learn to be less "thin-skinned", and "roll with the punches" until you learn your new job?

Answer 4

If your work is causing you to have anxiety attacks, find another job. Life is too short to live like that. You will be happier in a more peaceful place even if you don't get paid as much.

Answer 5

Money isn't worth it to just sit back and let people blame stuff on you that you cant help that you are doing.Cashier isn't the best job but you will be in alot better environent for your health.

Answer 6

when you work for a new company the employees want to dump all the tough jobs or stupid ones on new employees so they can sit on thier butts all day and do nothing this happens in every job in this country no matter how much pay or little pay is involved

Answer 7

Health honey...no amount of money is worth risking your health. Get out of that high stress job NOW...think about how much happier you would be.

Answer 8

Both are important.
Not equally,i must say.
both have their own significance.
This is true that health also needs money but just sacrificing it for money is rahter a big mistake.
HEALTH IS WEALTH

Answer 9

there both important

Answer 10

MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY~!!!!