What is more important:  financial stability, or enjoying your job?
412100
Enjoying your job... happiness (and living stress free) is way more important than money.
269920
Saving enough money to cover your expenses when you can no longer work.  Generating enough income to cover your expenses while having some left over for an emergency not covered by insurance.  \n\nFirst and foremost, you are truly rich when you are living the life you love today.
850782
get a good job or save up for it!
666732
If you really want to enjoy your work then you have to find a work you really enjoy! If you don't work in a job you like then leave it  and look for another. \nYou always perform better with a job you like! \nAnd you will always be miserable doing a job you dont like!
908652
Whichever gives job satisfaction with the required salary.\nVR
283959
If you have a nest egg to hold you over until you find a new job then no, however, if you were living check to check then maybe you should have found a new job BEFORE leaving the one you had. In the end, if leaving helps you maintain your sanity then that's what's most important.
1005740
That's a tough call.  It's easy not to leave a job when you feel safe....\n\nAt your current job there's a chance things may change, people may leave, opportunities may arise...seems like workplaces are ever evolving...\n\nHowever, that's a maybe, and how much more time do you want to spend being less than satisfied?  \n\nDoes this new place offer health insurance?\n\nIf you go for it, you may really love it!!!  Or, not...  However, there are more jobs out there if things don't work out at the new place.  If you leave on good terms, your old place may even take you back.\n\nI think they recommend to have about 6 mos of savings for living expenses in the bank while your changing careers....just in case.\n\nLife is so short.  Work sucks most of the time!!!  At least it would be something new, right?  \n\nIt comes down to how risk adverse you are, I suppose.  Is the uncertainty going to cause you a great deal of stress?  If so, you may be happier staying put.\n\n\nGood Luck to you!!!
1019626
A good job is one you love. money isn't everything and look at what you are learning from the seniors....life.
460667
Having been miserable with a good paycheck for many years, let me tell you there is a lot to be said for feeling good about yourself and what you do all day.  Money isn't everything.  Change is good for the soul.
451372
hmmm, could be your boss needs you and in order to keep your job you figured you had better go in.\n\nLook at it this way.  You do have a choice whether to work today or not.  I know it may not be all fun and all, but if you chose to work, then there is a reason that you feel that that is the best choice.  Either you need the money, or you do not want to lose your job, or you want to help out your boss, or whatever.  If the reason that you chose to work is really worth it, then you should try to develop enthusiasm about your decision.  Whatever you do, you should do it with enthusiasm!  Once you have made a good choice, then realize it is your choice, and make the best of it.\n\nOf course, I'm preaching what I myself find very difficult to practice!  But if I keep reminding myself of these things long enough, it usually helps at least a little!
287302
To have a husband.  Then a family.  Money thing is stable.  Not in debt.  Able to live, other then from paycheck to paycheck.  And to be happy in your life.
731709
Unless you really love your job...there really shouldn't be any long term psychological damage.  Short term would just be trouble with money until you find a new job, being bored until you find a new job.  Other than that..there really isn't too much damage.
1185588
Yes, it shows stability and committment. People who jump from job to job every two years say one thing to me. They are never happy or don't get along well with other people. Not a good work ethic. But longevity is always a plus. Just make sure the reason for leaving isn't because you wanted a change. List something like no more room for advancement or something like that.
931951
Not for me.  Yes--money is important.  I definitely would NOT work a "normal" 8-5 job if I didn't need the money.  I would find something I love to do and work the hours that work for me.\n\nHowever, I have taken a cut in pay twice in my life because sometimes money isn't the most important thing. I am at work longer then I am at home sometimes and I see those people more then I see my own family.  If there is major conflict that can't be resolved..I'd rather be somewhere else.  Or in my case, I knew I wanted to get into a different field and I knew I'd have to start at the bottom so i took the demotion.  In my opinion, having a  good boss that i can get a long with, and doing a job I enjoy is more important then money sometimes.
510432
As someone who runs the daily operations of a company, let me say this:\n\nIf work isn't fun, it isn't worth having.  There has to be a balance between efficiency and productivity with true enjoyment of your job.  I don't care if we're talking the public or private sector.  For the record, I work in the private sector, but am heavily regulated by the public sector.  \n\nMy philosophy is to get lots done, but to get it done fun.  I refuse to work somewhere that is boring!  We have one life, and I refuse to one day say, "I made a living, but wished I was dead while doing it."  It's not worth it; get out there, find a fun job, throw some white out across the office, laugh just because you feel like it.  \n\nThe quality and quantity of the work will prove its effectiveness.
671425
Never take a job soley based on making money. The best job is the one you can enjoy day in and day out. Do that and the money will follow because your attitude will create wealth. Chase the money and you will be unhappy all the day. You need to decide what is more interesting to you
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How do you feel about your current job? Besides the pay, do you get along with your coworkers? Is your boss constantly checking up on you and questioning your work, or does s/he respect you and give you space to work freely?\n\nThese are the sorts of questions that I ask myself in a situation like your own. While money is very important, unless I was getting offered a lot more money, I would stay where I was if I felt comfortable there.\n\nHow I look at it is that you're at work for (at least) eight hours a day. When you're not at work, or sleeping, you're either getting ready for work or unwinding from work - so it is far better to find a place that you like to work at as it is essentially a second home.