...opportunity? I'm trying to decide between two jobs. Right now I have a job where I love my co-workers and the relaxed environment. But...our salaries are frozen indefinitely and it's not likely I would ever make a whole lot more here if they weren't. I have little extra money...it all goes to expenses. There is also no opportunity for advancement or learning new professional skills. I can do the work in my sleep, but I'm kind of stagnating. And finally, I'm working in a dying industry. I don't think it will die in the next decade, but it's probably not going to last the rest of my working life.
I'm trying out a new job. I love the work, I'm learning lots of new stuff, it's in a secure industry, it pays more, and it's likely to pay more in the future. But...the office environment sucks. No talking, no music. I hit the ground running and I don't stop till I leave. My co-worker is a wack job, though a nice person, and the boss can occasionally be a jerk, though we get along most of the time.
I'm afraid I have no choice but to stick with the higher-paying job, because I have a family and we're already hard-pressed. If we got hit with any other bill, we couldn't make it. But I do not want to be miserable, either. I've worked enough hellish jobs to know how important your co-workers and the office environment are. I don't dread coming in here. At the other place, I don't exactly dread it, but it's like, "Okay, I just have x more days till the weekend."
What would you do? Any thoughts?
I'm trying out a new job. I love the work, I'm learning lots of new stuff, it's in a secure industry, it pays more, and it's likely to pay more in the future. But...the office environment sucks. No talking, no music. I hit the ground running and I don't stop till I leave. My co-worker is a wack job, though a nice person, and the boss can occasionally be a jerk, though we get along most of the time.
I'm afraid I have no choice but to stick with the higher-paying job, because I have a family and we're already hard-pressed. If we got hit with any other bill, we couldn't make it. But I do not want to be miserable, either. I've worked enough hellish jobs to know how important your co-workers and the office environment are. I don't dread coming in here. At the other place, I don't exactly dread it, but it's like, "Okay, I just have x more days till the weekend."
What would you do? Any thoughts?