tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849311.post110201233839122573..comments2024-03-10T13:45:03.600-04:00Comments on katycrossen.com: The Price of HappinessKate The Greathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11338756563094735525noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849311.post-1102396857734837422004-12-07T00:20:00.000-05:002004-12-07T00:20:00.000-05:00Well, I am just finding this post because every ti...Well, I am just finding this post because every time I came here, I got a black screen. Just figured out that this post is, for some reason, WAY down the screen. I just needed to scroll.<br /><br />Anyway, I have faced this situation three times. All three times I have chosen the job with less pay (and usually better overall benefit packages) but a better work environment. I have never regretted that. <br /><br />One time, I was making $45,000 in job I had been in less than a year. I was offered a federal job at $95,000. I loved my $45,000 job. I had tons of freedom to come and go as I pleased. I got paid to talk and eat. What could be better? I had fabulous benefits. And I loved the people I worked with. <br /><br />The other jobsite was bursting with turmoil. Turnover was high. I knew and liked my direct superior-to-be. But the other people I would have been working with (some of whom I also knew) were nightmarish.<br /><br />I kept the $45,000. I stayed for five years. I loved it there. I still keep up with my former colleagues. I was happy there. And there was no amount of money that could have paid me to go to the "pressure cooker". I value my sanity too much.<br /><br />I won't tell you what to do, but I will tell you that sanity and emotional stability are at the top of my list of "Most Important Assets".Pink Poppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07942742431086816657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849311.post-1102108803539919962004-12-03T16:20:00.000-05:002004-12-03T16:20:00.000-05:00Opposed to what everyone says money does NOT make ...Opposed to what everyone says money does NOT make the world go around. Happiness is so much more important. besides with all that opportunity for growth and movement, plus free classes and an opp to get your MBA, why WOULDN'T you? I say go for it, but that's just my humble opinion. You've got your whole life to make the big bucks once you've got that extra schooling!Funqihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15846536999981414620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849311.post-1102051957424513322004-12-03T00:32:00.000-05:002004-12-03T00:32:00.000-05:00All those pluses sound pretty tempting, Kate. And ...All those pluses sound pretty tempting, Kate. And getting in - any way you can - somewhere you'd like to be ... well, if there's any way you can make the money part work out, I say go for it. (Not that you're looking for advice from complete strangers, mind you.)sharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058381468146433964noreply@blogger.com