The ideal job
By gcrew931
@gcrew931 (228)
Philippines
April 15, 2008 11:15am CST
Would you rather work on a job that you really really love but with little pay or a job that you hate but pays really well?
14 responses
@sweet_melody (190)
• Philippines
26 Apr 08
If you have college degree....and you have good qualities...as well as patience you can surely get a job...
@loved1 (5328)
• United States
15 Apr 08
I would rather have a job that I love even if the pay was not great. Forty hours a week is a long time to spend being miserable and time is far more precious than money as far as I am concerned. Life is too short, and although money is great, it can't buy you happiness.
@ihearttinytim (614)
• United States
28 Apr 08
I've done both. I used to work for the school board. Great pay, county job, etc. - hated it!
I now work at a job I love, but make peanuts. And peanuts don't pay the bills.
If I had my "rathers" I'd rather not have to have a job, period. That's the ultimate dream - to be financially well-off, without having to punch in every day.
@Elixiress (3878)
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6 Jun 08
I would probably choose a job I hate but that pays well at least then the other aspects of my life would be good and I could always make the most of it. Ideally I would like a job that is average, it has decent pay and is good some days, bad other days, but it all averages out to an okay job, because it would be virtually impossible to find a job that you love that pays well.
@steelkhan (177)
• Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
7 May 08
first of all i dont like to work for any body but if i have to work i will work on a job that i really love and i dont care about the pay.
@praveensirsi (91)
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8 May 08
i wud most defly choose the job which i love..its like sacrificing few good things at present for gaining long time benefits...if u start witha good salary and after 15 yrs u start hating the job so much that u want to quit and sit at home wat abt the ppl who r dependent on u??and wat abt u...wat else will u do with neither of age nor interest on ur hand??
@moneyman3 (52)
• United States
6 Jun 08
I would have a job that i hate but it paid well because once i had enough money from that job i could quit it and go works for the job that has a lower pay and still remain happy. That is getting the best of both worlds.
@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
28 Apr 08
I don't care about money as long as I am happy. If I am doing a job I love I'm happy and will find ways to make a budget work
@gramskaren (661)
• United States
6 May 08
I know where you are coming from their. I work two jobs right now and my full time job I just hate and my part time one I love. I was offered to work full time at that one but with little pay and so hard to turn down but right now finances will not withhold that kind of a pay cut. Sometimes choices are so hard to make that is for sure. That was a very difficut one. He is suppose to build another store so when he does that then I will definately go for managers job. Like I said some choices are very hard to make. That was hard to turn down for me.
@longbangod (1785)
• Philippines
26 Apr 08
In some point of my life I go with a job that is not really the one I want and would like to do, but because of the salary i grab it. Perhaps time will come wherein even if the salary is much much lower I would go back to the kind of job I love to do. Soon...
@sweet_melody (190)
• Philippines
26 Apr 08
I would work on a job that i really love even thogh there is a little pay .....coz what is the use of plenty of money if you are not happy in ur work....its better if you are experiencing hard work on the field you enjoy rather than have an easy success on the field you hate.....
@Pitgull (1522)
• United States
6 May 08
I would rather have a job I loved. If I loved my job, then I'd be able to use the skills I've learned or use, to better myself and find more out of my job. The less pay, could turn into a non issue, if I'm somewhere I want to work and be. If you're productive and happy, supervisors see this, and that's the best way to advance. You need to be where you are happy, without happiness, money matters not. Yeah, you can care for yourself, but all the stress and resentment for your job, will build up, burn you out, and make you crash.
@jing_ocampo (135)
• Philippines
6 May 08
Here's what I'll do. I'll work for a job that I hate but pays really well for a minimum of 2 years. I'll save up 80% of my salary each month and try to live off with the remaining 20%. I'll save every allowance, incentive that the company gives. I'll lead a very frugal life. When my savings is enough, I'll try making little investments that makes passive income and little businesses on the side. I'll make sure they'll earn me money so that when the my 2nd year ends, I can resign from that job because I won't have to worry about money. :) And then I'll be able to pursue that job that I really love even it it pays little as money wont be an issue by then. :)
@bluemoon4ever (288)
• South Africa
6 May 08
hi i really wanted to be an air hostess but it seems quite difficult to be one so i am working and studying parttime, i am working as a waitress and earn some tips. At least the tips are better than the $0.7 i have made from MyLot over the 2 days...













