Yeah but that scenario is leading to you earning more money in Scenario A? Would've made more sense of Job B was what you wanted to do (e.g. Restriction of money). If Job B was £48k in Job B you might get some different answers!
The main point is that the vast majority of people don't enjoy what they do (no matter how much a financial advisor tells me he loves his job, I refuse to believe him) so you may as well earn good money doing something. Obviously don't do something that makes you miserable, but if the scenario was:
A- what you love, £40k salary B- not what you love but don't mind too much, £70k salary
The way I see it, I want to wake up every morning and look forward to going to work. I agree that a good wage is important but I can think of no life worse than one where you struggle to get up every day and go to work.
I'd take £25k over £40k if the former was a job I loved and the latter was a job I hated.
In that situation it's obvious, but imagine if the £70k job was something you hated doing and it was having an effect on your personal life. That £40k job would suddenly look very appealling.
There's a bloke in my department who used to work for Deloitte, but he absolutely hated it and he's now working in a fairly entry level position. Our job isn't even close to what he was doing there. Idk what the salaries are at Deloitte, but they'll be a fair bit more than what we're earning.
In that situation it's obvious, but imagine if the £70k job was something you hated doing and it was having an effect on your personal life. That £40k job would suddenly look very appealling.
There's a bloke in my department who used to work for Deloitte, but he absolutely hated it and he's now working in a fairly entry level position. Our job isn't even close to what he was doing there. Idk what the salaries are at Deloitte, but they'll be a fair bit more than what we're earning.
Yeah of course then it's a no brainer, happiness over the money. I just meant that there's not really any jobs out there for me personally, and for the vast majority of those out there I imagine, that has them salivating at the mouth short of a Premier League footballer. And as I said I do believe money to an extent is related to happiness.
My brother works for Deloitte and I can understand why he quit! Money is incredible but they're absolute slave-drivers.
The way I see it, I want to wake up every morning and look forward to going to work. I agree that a good wage is important but I can think of no life worse than one where you struggle to get up every day and go to work.
I'd take £25k over £40k if the former was a job I loved and the latter was a job I hated.
Yeah but there's not many jobs most people "love", unless they're a centre forward for Real Madrid. I guess I'm speaking personally, but I enjoy pretty much no work and I'm happy to be a mercenary in the employment world.
Btw, 10 years post-qual dentists working in a private branch will easily earn over £100,000, especially in London.
Yeah but there's not many jobs most people "love", unless they're a centre forward for Real Madrid. I guess I'm speaking personally, but I enjoy pretty much no work and I'm happy to be a mercenary in the employment world.
Btw, 10 years post-qual dentists working in a private branch will easily earn over £100,000, especially in London.
You won't be 10 years post-qual in 10 years though will you pal, you've still got another 8 years of uni
- money (obviously) - progression (everyone wants to feel like they are advancing) - longer term views of potential salary (i'd take a lower paid job now if it meant way more later) - location (working in London is much better than an oil rig in the north sea) - other opportunities it opens up (can you move into a better job) - hours (e.g unsocial hours or just long hours) - enjoyment/happiness (hard to do a job you hate long term) - reputation (sometimes the reputation of where you work comes into it) - other life priorities (e.g. starting a family or where your other half works)
Probably missed a few others too.
I could probably earn 20-50% more in salary but there were a number of reasons why I chose not to do that.