Major Job Decision - HELP!!!

[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.

[farrellcollie]

I am a lawyer who has been practicing for over 20 years. The best thing I ever did - and one of the hardest - was to take a large cut in pay (over half)to quit working 60+ hours a week in a medium law firm which I hated - to become an appellate public defender - something I had always wanted to do - I have never regretted the decision. I now work for myself from home (mostly appellate work) and I teach at a law school. LAw is a fairly flexible field and, for myself, I have tried several areas until I found the ones I really liked. I am not making as much as others from my class who are partners in large law firms - but I make the house payments, feed and vet the dogs, and have a life I enjoy.

[KnottedYet]

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.

Amen.

But for gosh sake, don't complain AT WORK!!
And don't get in the habit of hitting the bottle to get thru the week

Knot-on-her-3rd-gluten-free-beer