Major Job Decision - HELP!!!

[mimitabby]

How old are you? do you have a good pension already? a savings?
Most of us can live on so much less.

you will feel better and be healthier in a less stressful job!

i see young executive types who work long long hours.. their health
suffers...

you need to take time for your BODY and your MIND!

[madscot13]

My unemployed butt is not really the one to be giving advice, so I will let US psychologist William James give a few enlightening (and confusing) words on the subject:

The moral flabiness born of the exclusive *****- goddess of success. That- with the squalid cash interpretation put on the word success- is our national disease

William James (1893-1916)


This by the way is why I cannot find a job.

[mimitabby]

The moral flabiness born of the exclusive *****- goddess of success. That- with the squalid cash interpretation put on the word success- is our national disease

William James (1893-1916)


This by the way is why I cannot find a job.

huh? why not? because you want to work for non-cash?

[madscot13]

huh? why not? because you want to work for non-cash?

ha ha. actually right now I am a professional volunteer. I think it may be time to make some money. I am applying for positions but I just want a job that is meaningful and help me excel as a physician in the future. until then I may try and work at the bike store...

[Tuckervill]

As a regular, old, non-college graduate who never had any sort of definable career (just jobs) and is happy to be a SAHM, but who is looking forward to the end of child raising so I can go into real estate....

I'm APPALLED that law firms expect so much out of people. There's more to life than money. I say take the VI gig, because you don't have to do it forever, and it may lead to something better, and must certainly be more life-affirming than working 100 hours a week for the rest of your life. Plus you get to visit the Virgin Islands on the company dime, AND work from home! Doh! Take it!

Karen

[Blueberry]

I'm staying put for the moment.

I had a very long night last night, and the 2 reasons to leave were hours and working at home. There were lots of reasons to stay - and actually today (it's only taken them a year), it looks like I'll be starting to get work in the practice area I want (they didn't know I had an offer - it's just taken them a LONG time). This will open more doors for me in the areas I think I want to go towards....

I'm going to keep working on other ways to get out, but this wasn't the right "out" for me at this moment. Had the timing been different, I might have made a different decision. And I had a lovely conversation with the folks in the VI - that door is not closed forever if things go badly here. Nice to know

Thank you all for your help and counsel - it was incredibly valuable to get outside perspectives (both for and against leaving) - sometimes that helps you figure out what you really want.

CA

[pepe6599]

i work for an engineering company and some people that work here work those insane hourse but their happy and content with their jobs. Here's what i think:

If at the end of the day you find yourself a tortured person at your job and complaining more then enjoying then maybe it's time to step away.