allright i'm in a freaking quandry here.
i got a call from a company to interview. they start at 2k below what i'm making now. the reason i'm looking around is that my job is starting to drive me INSANE. i work roughly 50 hours a week, WITHOUT OVERTIME (yes i am a salary slave.). i'm asked to do the work of two people essentially yet still being compensated the same amount as when i was doing the work of one. my job duties have increased substantially but everyone at my company knows that raises are completely out of the question. we tried to hint at the subject when we hit our three months (yes perhaps a tad early but we were seriously being overworked) and were given the hint back of no.
this new job would be a lot more fixed hours. i would be doing about 36 hours a week. i would receive full benefits (dental, medical and vision) after three months. my hours are fixed. i no longer have to bring my work home.
are the hours of sanity worth the 2k less i make right now? i calculated before taxes i'd make about 170 less a month over the course of a year. right now i make enough to live. i don't live extravagantly - i haven't bought new clothes in about two months, which is sad... if i get a new job i'd have to invest in new clothes as i'd finally be working somewhere that has a dress code... but that's off the topic.
why am i being driven to insanity? customers. whining. complaining. all day long. this past week has been horrendous for me (and its only tuesday) with a recent spike in orders, emails, and more that need to be handled with and i can't get through them if i work NONSTOP for 10 hours. today i actually took a lunch for an hour, and felt so behind when i came back. i wanted to break down. i have broken down.
and of course i made the mistake of calling my parents, who told me to take the job if i wanted but to either
a. move home
b. go back to school (preferably get an mba, which i DO NOT want to do) so i can make more money. the ultimate goal is to make more money. i don't care if i don't have oodles of money.
the only other variable is i start student loan repayment in january and the extra income will be nice. *sigh* decisions. what would you do?
CLIFFS NOTES:
1. job driving me crazy
2. new possible job but for 2k less
3. what to do?
i got a call from a company to interview. they start at 2k below what i'm making now. the reason i'm looking around is that my job is starting to drive me INSANE. i work roughly 50 hours a week, WITHOUT OVERTIME (yes i am a salary slave.). i'm asked to do the work of two people essentially yet still being compensated the same amount as when i was doing the work of one. my job duties have increased substantially but everyone at my company knows that raises are completely out of the question. we tried to hint at the subject when we hit our three months (yes perhaps a tad early but we were seriously being overworked) and were given the hint back of no.
this new job would be a lot more fixed hours. i would be doing about 36 hours a week. i would receive full benefits (dental, medical and vision) after three months. my hours are fixed. i no longer have to bring my work home.
are the hours of sanity worth the 2k less i make right now? i calculated before taxes i'd make about 170 less a month over the course of a year. right now i make enough to live. i don't live extravagantly - i haven't bought new clothes in about two months, which is sad... if i get a new job i'd have to invest in new clothes as i'd finally be working somewhere that has a dress code... but that's off the topic.
why am i being driven to insanity? customers. whining. complaining. all day long. this past week has been horrendous for me (and its only tuesday) with a recent spike in orders, emails, and more that need to be handled with and i can't get through them if i work NONSTOP for 10 hours. today i actually took a lunch for an hour, and felt so behind when i came back. i wanted to break down. i have broken down.
and of course i made the mistake of calling my parents, who told me to take the job if i wanted but to either
a. move home
b. go back to school (preferably get an mba, which i DO NOT want to do) so i can make more money. the ultimate goal is to make more money. i don't care if i don't have oodles of money.
the only other variable is i start student loan repayment in january and the extra income will be nice. *sigh* decisions. what would you do?
CLIFFS NOTES:
1. job driving me crazy
2. new possible job but for 2k less
3. what to do?
