Poll

Would you rather...

hold a job you hated, but be making very good money53%53% - 24
be "poor", but have a job you loved46%46% - 21
Total: 45
mtb0minime
minimember
+2,418|6872

Would extra money help you buy happiness to make up for your dissatisfaction with your job?

Would having to scrimp and save just to pay the bills and keep on barely getting by not matter to you because you've already got plenty of satisfaction from your job?

You can't have your cake and eat it, too. (At least not in this poll)
SEREVENT
MASSIVE G STAR
+605|6325|Birmingham, UK
preferably be rich and have a nice job

i voted option 2
Macbeth
Banned
+2,444|5803

''hold a job you hated, but be making very good money''
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6006|Catherine Black
Well option 2 is sorta like the situation I'm in at the moment, except it's more extreme, I have no job and have no money. So I'm enjoying not working, but have no money.. I'd love to have a job, even one I hated. So I picked option 1.
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tuckergustav
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I picked be "poor", but have a job you love.  I assume you put poor in quotes because you mean...getting by without extra cash to play with...
Doing what you love is pretty important and as long as you are not going without the essentials...no reason taking up a spot in a job that somebody else might love...
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mtb0minime
minimember
+2,418|6872

tuckergustav wrote:

I picked be "poor", but have a job you love.  I assume you put poor in quotes because you mean...getting by without extra cash to play with...
Yep, exactly what I meant. I figured it might skew the results to the other option since people would have to do whatever it takes to get by.

Finray wrote:

Well option 2 is sorta like the situation I'm in at the moment, except it's more extreme, I have no job and have no money. So I'm enjoying not working, but have no money.. I'd love to have a job, even one I hated. So I picked option 1.
Pessimistic/Bizarro Poll: Would you rather have no job to worry you, but also meant that you'd have no money? Or would you rather have a job you really really hate and drives you insane, but at least you'd have a small amount of money (still not nearly enough to make the suffering worth it)?
I'd love to be the first option. But right now I'm in the second I suppose there is a simple solution though: quit.
tuckergustav
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There is also the family factor...are you the only one that is affected by your choice?...If you have people depending on you then it makes the decision harder.
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Macbeth
Banned
+2,444|5803

Good money ---> ability to pursue other hobbies outside of work.
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6006|Catherine Black

mtb0minime wrote:

Pessimistic/Bizarro Poll: Would you rather have no job to worry you, but also meant that you'd have no money? Or would you rather have a job you really really hate and drives you insane, but at least you'd have a small amount of money (still not nearly enough to make the suffering worth it)?
I'd love to be the first option. But right now I'm in the second I suppose there is a simple solution though: quit.
No, I'd much rather have a job. Just something to do during the day, and some money is better than none.
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mtb0minime
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tuckergustav wrote:

There is also the family factor...are you the only one that is affected by your choice?...If you have people depending on you then it makes the decision harder.
You could have a job you loved and have a wonderful family, but couldn't take any trips or vacations with them, rarely a night out to dinner. But it wouldn't matter because you'd be happy 24/7 right?

Or you could have 8 hours of hell a day (aside from weekends), but have loads of money to do fun stuff with them, and go on lots of vacations and trips to exotic places. Would that extra fun stuff be worth the suffering?
tuckergustav
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+1,590|6131|...

I'll take door three...win the lotto...not have to work and take lots of vacations and be happy 24/7.  WIN  /realisticdream 
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mtb0minime
minimember
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Macbeth wrote:

Good money ---> ability to pursue other hobbies outside of work.
This is my thinking, for the most part. Realistically I'd like to be somewhere in the middle of course.

tuckergustav wrote:

I'll take door three...win the lotto...not have to work and take lots of vacations and be happy 24/7.  WIN  /realisticdream 
My sole dream and goal in life is to win the lottery.
Toilet Sex
one love, one pig
+1,775|6790

option 1. i like nice things, nice cars, houses, restuarants, etc. to me it'd be worth having a shit job... within reason.
13urnzz
Banned
+5,830|6715

i'm a lucky guy. i have a job i like, pays well for the area - i own a home, have a loving wife and interests outside of work.
my downside is, we've never had kids. . .
Mutantbear
Semi Constructive Criticism
+1,431|6183|London, England

poor
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-Sh1fty-
plundering yee booty
+510|5692|Ventura, California
I like my current half-time job. Do something I love and get paid a lot for it.

I picked the second option though, because I do not believe money can buy happiness. It depends on so many factors though, so that's not a very good statement. Lets just say I don't think 8 hours of a shit job would be compensated with the few hours off with your family, etc.

For example, I don't think I would be able to put up with working with a ton of assholes and be able to enjoy my free time. In the back of my mind I would know I had to go back.
And above your tomb, the stars will belong to us.
War Man
Australians are hermaphrodites.
+563|6932|Purplicious Wisconsin
How about a mix of both. Get a job I neither like nor hate, and I get the middle ground of money.
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mtb0minime
minimember
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War Man wrote:

How about a mix of both. Get a job I neither like nor hate, and I get the middle ground of money.
Well yeah, that's ideal. But for the purposes of this poll, you have to choose an extreme. Otherwise it's not interesting
Beduin
Compensation of Reactive Power in the grid
+510|5968|شمال
be "poor", but have a job you loved
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hi
+322|6584|California
option 1, balance the hate part out with partying
ghettoperson
Member
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Macbeth wrote:

Good money ---> ability to pursue other hobbies outside of work.
This.
KuSTaV
noice
+947|6729|Gold Coast

ghettoperson wrote:

Macbeth wrote:

Good money ---> ability to pursue other hobbies outside of work.
This.
Namely hookers.
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JakAttaK
csanva<3
+492|6544|England
I'd be more than willing to get by quietly on a job with poor pay but love it. I know from seeing how unhappy my dad has been that it's not good for you to have a job you hate. And he's had his fair share of them. Obviously, like any other person I'd love a job that is enjoyable and pays well.

mt, i was in your position about 5 weeks ago. Quit my job because the manager's were cunts, the pay wasn't great, and I was cut right down to doing only 9 hours a week. I found out off a friend I would earn more money on benefits (not that that is what I'm doing). I quit, and I'm now doing a few days here and there in a job I don't love, but it aint bad, and the pay is better so..
oug
Calmer than you are.
+380|6737|Πάϊ
voted the second, but define "poor"

do i have a house? how big?

a car? vacation? a dog? how many tshirts?
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DrunkFace
Germans did 911
+427|6899|Disaster Free Zone

KuSTaV wrote:

ghettoperson wrote:

Macbeth wrote:

Good money ---> ability to pursue other hobbies outside of work.
This.
Namely hookers.
Hooking pays well, don't think I'd like it though.

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