So should I take the higher paying more stressful job or the lower paying more fun job?

Question

I have the opportunity to take a new job that will require me to work longer hours with a much higher level of responsibilty. My pay will double but I also have to drive double the distance - I will have to buy a new vehicle - my old truck just can't do it - I will have more people depending on me - I will have four employee's and a six day a week work week.
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I stay where I am the master of my own domain - the power beind the thrown, if you will. I make an hourly rate while the new job is a promotion in the company going to a salary and some possible bonuses. I am an hour away from home as compared to twenty minutes. I like my job now and this is the next step in the corporate ladder - I have my own company and it is beginnig to grow - in five years I plan to be complaetely self sufficient - not a zillionaire but pretty well off. If I take the promotion I will be succesful but not able to give as much time to my own company. so immediate success or long term success - I need advice

Answer 1

You answered your own question.

Answer 2

Seriously life is too short. Life for the moment & what will make you happy. Are you going to be able to live working yourslef liek a dog 6 days a week? If you have an opportunity to be in a position that you enjoy I stay stick with it. It sounds like a hassle. Life isn't all about work but we all know we need to do it. You might as well enjoy it if you have the chance! Good luck with whatever you chose!

Answer 3

Keep your job now! I took a lower paying job but left a very vulgar, mean boss behind and I have not regretted it one bit! I worked hard and after two years I am making only a dollar less an hour. My boss now rocks and he made me his office manager (a much higher position than what I did at the old office). Just stay put. Being comfortable with money and having a stress free job is a great accomplishment that not many people have!

Answer 4

My friends husband had stayed with a job that he did not enjoy at all....he hated it and they treated him awful. He had kept the job because he wanted to make sure he had the money to pay the bills. It was sad to watch because he worked so hard everyday and was always tired....but he still found the time to coach his sons football teams. Last year on Thanksgiving weekend he died of a heart attack due to stress, etc. After watching this, my personal advice is to do the work that you ENJOY doing. You get more out of it and will enjoy your life so much better. In the end you may not have that big paycheck but you will be much more content with yourself. Good Luck!

Answer 5

Money isn't everything. If you make a comfortable living, have a happy life, a loving family, and a job you like, you are a success. He who dies with the most toys isn't necessarily the winner. If you take that job at the expense of your loved ones, it's not going to be worth it.

Answer 6

You only live once as the saying goes, not to mention success is pretty empty if you end up loathing what you do.

This kind of advice is a bit relative, so it's important to keep things in perspective and do what you want to do in life.

Answer 7

low paying jobs suck no money for a car or house that's stressful how is having a high paying job stressful its not you have money to buy things that's not stressful not having money is stressful

Answer 8

Hello this answer is simple..LONG TERM! Take it from someone who is married to a person stuck in a well paying dead end job.

Answer 9

I would say it sounds like you've already made up your mind, and it sounds like you like to be right where you already are. Can the money make up for the lost fun, or will it replace it with different fun?

Answer 10

I usually prefer more long term success but your priorities may be more immediate.