if you are young, single, and still building a career path

[Dear Summer]

would you rather work:

A) Comfy 10-5:30 type job and work from home on Fridays for 25% less pay

B) Work a lot more hours 9-7 or 8 Mon - Fri, high pressure, in the financial services industry where you can learn valuable skills and make 25% more salary.

Which would you choose?

 

[eldorado99]

B).

 

[AMDZen]

B)

 

[vshah]

B), its what i'm doing right now.

 

[joesmoke]

however you decide to build it remember this:

measure twice, cut once

 

[spidey07]

I would choose the one that was best for my future and earning potential.

 

[Dear Summer]

bump

 

[KeithTalent]

B is what I'm doing right now, so I'd pick A.

KT

 

[MJinZ]

however you decide to build it remember this:

measure twice, cut once

Look 3 times before you cross the road.

 

[shiner]

Pimpin

 

[MJinZ]

would you rather work:

A) Comfy 10-5:30 type job and work from home on Fridays for 25% less pay

B) Work a lot more hours 9-7 or 8 Mon - Fri, high pressure, in the financial services industry where you can learn valuable skills and make 25% more salary.

Which would you choose?

It obviously depends on what you want to do. If you want to go into financial services industry, then B) is obvious. If you want to go to graduate school and have time to apply and study or whatever, then A) is a good choice.

 

[Schadenfroh]

B for sure

 

[AstroManLuca]

A

I'd rather be comfy and not make as much money than under high stress and unable to enjoy the money I make.

EDIT: Oh wait, except I'm going to be married in a week... okay so that has something to do with it. If I were single I might pick B.

 

[Firsttime]

Totally would depend on how much 25% is and where these jobs are located for me. Most likely B though.

 

[TehMac]

Obama's president: who needs a job? Just become a census worker and fuel his propaganda machine.

 

[AreaCode707]

Depends on your overall priorities. For myself I chose B because I wanted to save a lot really quickly and then eventually quit and move back home to an area without a lot of jobs. If I chose A then I would never have the chance to move home.

 

[MotF Bane]

B.

 

[nonameo]

I'd rather do A and make up the difference working for myself in the extra time.

 

[magomago]

doing (B) right now in a different industry. i think its worth it.

 

[daw123]

B.

 

[Kev]

would you rather work:

A) Comfy 10-5:30 type job and work from home on Fridays for 25% less pay

B) Work a lot more hours 9-7 or 8 Mon - Fri, high pressure, in the financial services industry where you can learn valuable skills and make 25% more salary.

Which would you choose?

In the situation you describe, assuming a 1 hr lunch break each day, choice B is working 28% more hours and only getting 25% more pay, with the likelihood that extra unpaid hours will be tacked on, and a high stress environment.

The choice seems obvious to me.

 

[amdhunter]

C. Just live of my meager millions of dollars inheritance.
Working is for n00bs.

 

[Kabob]

B is what I'm doing right now, so I'd pick A.

KT

Same. We had our hours cut for a while and while I lost 20% of my salary I had Friday's off and it was amazing.

 

[caspur]

I picked A. Got a lot more time to do fun stuff. I just moved to a cheaper area, so it was feasible. Took a 15-20k paycut for a much more relaxing lifestyle.

With the lower cost of living, the drop in pay wasn't a huge deal.

I do work part time in various retail/fast food positions to supplement my real job, however unlike the people that actually work there, I can walk out anytime. That kind of freedom is so liberating.

 

[Sumguy]

Is the other job even related to what you want to do?

Edit: I honestly would rather get paid less to have a less stressful job, given I could live comfortably in the area off the money.