Job that you love or job that makes more money

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Would you rather have a job that you absolutely love, but doesn't make a lot of money. Or a job that kind of sucks, has more work than you would to do, however, it pays very well. And you can't have it both ways or this question would be pointless. (So no answering: Well I would have a job that I love that makes lots of money!)

I've kind of been pondering this all day. (Don't ask why)
 
Depends on my living situation. Will both result in me having enough money to live off of? If so then I will take the job I love. At least that way I can just get a second job if I need to. However at least I can say I won't be leaving that job for a while as opposed to the other job. If it is a job I really can't stand eventually I am sure I will lose my temper and leave without realizing what I did.
 
I'll take love for the job over more money, any day of the week. I currently work a job that I'm pretty content with, and my co-workers are great. It's a pretty stress-free job overall as a result. And what I make, and for my career type, I can stand to make a lot more money elsewhere. But I'd have to deal with more assholes and my job would probably require me to travel a lot more, which I'd rather not have when family life starts. Making more money at a job you dislike creates a lot of unwanted stress, that can start spilling into your outside of work life. Not to mention, you'd have a tougher time dragging yourself out of bed in the morning to go to a job you dislike.

Love for the job >>> More money. :ryan:
 
I'd definitely do a job I loved over a job that pays more money. My Law teacher always tried pushing me to take Law at University and become a Lawyer, but I always said no. I've wanted to be a History teacher since I was 13. I don't need a load of money to make myself happy, so I'd rather do a job I know I'll love and get less money than do a job I know I'd despise and make more.
 
Well Im lucky in that I can say both, I work and study astronomy, while at the same time being paid for it............around $700 a week which is why I got a second Job, even when I graduate I will only earn about $1000. Plus you get some extra cash from government grants.

Thats not to say I dont like my 2nd job a couple off days a week moving shit round in a warehouse.........awesome! Hard work is it own..........blah blah blah.

But you dont get into Astronomy to get rich;).
 
For me it depends on how big of a gap the money is between the jobs. If it's a huge, few hundred bucks more for a job that I don't like, I might end up taking it. Also the hours would factor in for me to decide.

Like right now I work as a prep cook and I love doing it. It pays pretty good on the checks, however the schedule is a bit mucked up, not getting paid on every other thursday on the dot. It's a bit weird. However our hours got cut recently about 1 a day, which overall amounts to a whole day in the end. And it may end up getting cut more, to which, I may start looking elsewhere in the same field.

If I can't live off of the money I'm making (granted I still live with my folks) even if it is something I like.. I'll stop and look for something else.
 
Definitely a job that i love. The lack of money is made up for with sanity lol. I know this by personal experience.

Nonetheless, I've been blessed to have two part-time jobs that are wonderful. Im a trash collector and facilities maintenance worker.

Pretty much, if I'm not riding on the back of a truck, I'm rollin' in someones apartment and fixing the AC.
Stoner jobs. They rock :highfive:
 
It has to be a job I love. I couldn't stand doing a job I despise so much, even if I did get a lot of money for it. It doesn't seem right and I wouldn't want to spend the rest of my life doing it.
 
I'd take the job with money. I can use the money to buy the happiness I lost by taking the worse job.
 
I'l just assume both jobs will at least have enough to live on

actually, I live just fine now and I'm scraping the barrell. I just don't need a lot of money to get by. I'm that used to being skint, that if I suddenly got rich I wouldnt know what to do with it all and Id still be a tight fisted cunt

So, easy question really. I'd take a job I loved any day of the week. It's a massive chunk of your day, and there's no way I could spend that long being unhappy, it'd send me under big time. I'd rather be skint and happy, than rich and miserable. I couldn't even justify living for the weekend, because it's still only 2 days. Misery doesn't suit me. I had a job I hated in retail, amount of times I just wanted to walk out every day. Getting up in the morning was doubly depressing, Im not a morning person at all, never mind having to get up for summat I hated.. nah, I couldn't do that to myself 5 days a week :andry:
 
I'd take the job that makes me a lot of money.

I am one of those people that will never find the job they're looking for and so it would never matter what job I'm doing, as I will always be disappointed. No point in being disappointed and earning a shitty wage. XD

At the moment I'm doing a job that I've sort of grown to like, but no where near love.

I'm currently searching for anything that is within my field of work that can earn me more. Earning more money will make me happier in the long run. Work is work to me. It's not something I eargerly anticipate in any way, so I may as well be getting paid well for it. >.<
 
Id take the job that i love everytime.

Atm im in a job that i really dont enjoy whatsoever. the money though is really really good but i detest it. Id love to go to sleep at night actually looking forward to work in the morning. If i have enough cash to get by and have some nice things im happy. I dont need all the money in the world. Id rather be happy.
 
This could depend on the situation. If you're living a pretty fine life then you don't need to work your ass off for the money, but if you're starving to death then you'd surely do anything just to be filthy rich. For me, I'd choose the Job I love, even if it wouldn't make so much money. I don't mind doing so much works as long as I like it. It feels really fulfilling. And I hate doing things that just gets on my nerves. That wouldn't make sense.
 
I love the responses so far!

And I'll clarify something.

For both jobs, you will make enough money to support yourself and your family and will probably fall in the working or middle class. however...

With the job that you love, you will have reasonable hours, preferred working conditions, and you will be doing something that you love. The job will also be flexible so that if you needed a day off, you'll likely get it. When you get home from this job, you can pretty much forget about it and do whatever you want till the next day. You'll probably have to take modest vacations, have a used car, a small house or apartment and will probably not be able to buy your family everything they want.

With the job that pays a lot, you'll probably be in the upper middle class. You can afford a big house, an expensive car, go on luxurious vacations, and your family will have awesome christmases. however, this job is much more stressful than the last job because you will have a lot of responsibility. You'll probably have to work long hours and even have to take work home with you to finish for the next day. You also may not have ideal working conditions. Your life will probably be devoted to this job.
 
^ see that's another thing, whats the point in having all that money and being too busy/tired to spend it? Im alright with not having what i want when i want, I can save (well, im crap at saving, but still) that kind of life seems so much more appealing than the second scenario. Bigger house = more space to clean. I prefer small and cozy
 
My dream job, a writer, doesnt pay particularly well unless you can sell it.

Unfortunately, I'm in a job I loath and the pay is shit. So I've got the bad x2.

Selling BT products in a call centre, cold calling people, is not what I pictured myself doing after getting a degree, but it pays the bills and I'm very good at this whole salesman thing.
 
I've had a lot of jobs in my time. I've had jobs that I absolutely hate, but I make so much money, and I've had jobs that I love more than anything, but I don't make the kind of money I'd like. I've also had jobs that I hated and I don't make a lot of money.

I think it really depends on what you're looking for at that time. At one time even though at my one job I was making enough money to support myself, it wasn't enough that I was able to save up so I can stay in school or anything like that. I hated going to work, I dreaded it, but by the end of the day I kept thinking, almost have enough saved up. I planned to save up enough to go to school in NY and I needed to make sure I had enough to move there.

Now I have a job I absolutely love even though I'm making half of what I used to make. I work a lot of hours, but I love being there most of the time. It's work that I've always wanted to do and it will better further my career. Now that I'm better situated I can afford to have a less paying job. But even looking back I do agree having a job that you love, but makes less than a job that you have is definitely worth it. I feel better at the end of the day and I really don't dread tomorrow.
 
Ideally I'd love a job that I'd love but I'd happily settle with a balance, a job that pays well but that I still like. Which is actually why I really enjoy law and doing it at uni, because the rewards of it at the end of it could be massive financially, but at the same time, law is far more diverse than what people think and you can choose what type of law you want to do, and even then you're not forced to be a lawyer, there's a lot to choose from. :)
 
If the job I loved paid me enough to survive, giving me a decent amount of food, electricity and Internet time, I'd take the job I love.

If not, the job that makes more money. I seperate my academic/work life and home life as much as possible. Having the money to afford the luxuries in life is what matters to me. I know how shallow that sounds, but it's true.
 
I'd take a job I love. For one, even if it doesn't pay much, it's better than no job at all. If it were a job I liked, such as Barnes And Noble, Books-A-Million, or Game Stop, I would want to work as long as possible (therefore making more pay and fun in the longrun anyway.). I would most likely only have time to work every other day or just on the weekends since I'm still at school, but I wouldn't want to work a job that I would groan about 15 minutes before I leave. I would want my work to be enjoyable no matter the pay.
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