which job you prefer...

@mrinali (392)
India
October 9, 2009 2:15pm CST
Suppose you're a jobless person and suddenly you got two job offers... No.1 Job offers you to work 20 hours with a salary of 50,000$ per month &.. No.2 Job offers you to work 8 hours with a salary of 200$ per month. Now, Which job you prefer most???...
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27 responses
@sunny68 (1327)
• India
9 Oct 09
i would pick up the 20 hour job and retire after 2 years....
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@mrinali (392)
• India
9 Oct 09
Good decision!!! you want to be a millionaire..but retirement comes after completing the whole tenure of particular job..the money is useless if you earn a lot and dont have time to spend even half of it!!! Check your decision again!!
@sunny68 (1327)
• India
10 Oct 09
checked and double checked. at this age i can afford to put that much effort. and after two years i can enjoy the rest of my life....
• India
9 Oct 09
well i will go for the second job.its not as if i lack the cutting edge.but i prefer to have a meaningful life rather than mechanically take part in the rat race...the fast life.i think i can spend some extra time on weekends working and enjoy my life with my near and dear ones if i take up the second job.it gives me more control of my life even if doesn't have the amount of money the first job offers.
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@mrinali (392)
• India
9 Oct 09
I think your answer is my best answer..I deserve it. You have a good philosophy. thanks for your insight here.
• United States
10 Oct 09
Wow...defeniatly the 20 hour a week = 50,000 bucks job! Only question: who do I have to kill?? lol I wish there was a job out there like that, espeically if it was something I enjoyed doing! I think a great job like that is everyones dream!! lol
@mrinali (392)
• India
10 Oct 09
hey lily!!i'm talking about 20 hours a day, not week. ok..and you have to kill yourself to get job out there..
• United States
11 Oct 09
oh wow...20 hours a day each day of the week or would you get normal days off? Or maybe I'd only have to work two 20 hour days because that equals 40 hours a week which is regular full time?? Either way I would STILL do that option because after 2 months of this you have 100,000 dollars! I would probably do it until I reached a millionb bucks--then I would get a normal job and live comfortably, probably for the rest of my life! (Might go a little longer if I could handle it, talkin about that kind of money! and I would learn to love coffee!) lol
@pierone (1894)
• Italy
10 Oct 09
I would like to start the first job. I would like to resign from that job after 3 months. It should be hard, but not impossible to do. After that 3 months, I should have enough money to invest in something that could give me enough to live. Then I would like to find a part-time job, because nobody can stay without do nothing for the whole time. As result, I should have the money I need to live, and a really good amount of spare time to enjoy my life ;)
@mrinali (392)
• India
10 Oct 09
nice..a good plan to collect some capital and invest on something..but the company which offering you such a good salary package must be a billion dollar company and i think they'll do some agreement there..you're planning to resign after 3 months which is somewhat impossible, i think!!!
@pierone (1894)
• Italy
15 Oct 09
Eheheheh, if you can't resign, and due we are not slaves I guess you can, you could always work in a way in wich the company will wish you resign ;). And if you've an agreement with the company that can't be broken before 3 years, but your results are not the ones the company was expecting, then they will like to pay you some extra money to let you accept to resign before the deadline of the agreement ;)
@aakkii (213)
• India
10 Oct 09
Hey Mrinali, how are you? hope everything is allright. Well Mrinali, obviously i will go with the first one, bcoz, still i don't have a lot of time to spend my time with friends, family members etc. but i am not drawing too much salary. so, if i get the opportunity to draw 50,000$ p.m. then surely i will join it. bcoz everything depends on our hard work.... have a nice time , take care , lol
@aakkii (213)
• India
17 Oct 09
Yaah mrinali, may be the 20 hours i odd, But now a days nothing is odd in strugling life. Anyway, a vary happy diwali to you and your family and all mylotters. ,..,.,.,.,.,BOOOOOMMMMMM,.,.,.,.,.,.
@mrinali (392)
• India
10 Oct 09
Hello aakki, I'm fine here..How about you ?? yes i admit that everything depends on our hard work and commitment but i think 20 hours work in a day is too odd!!anyway, everyone have a different opinion!! thanks for comment here.
@ymkwcw (37)
• China
10 Oct 09
oh, do you mean that the first job requires 20 hours work per day and the second one requires 8 hours everyday? In that case, if choice the first job, it must be very tired, but one can earn more money,which is very necessary for the breadwinners. I think you can do this calculation as follows:50000/20 200/8, so, you can do your best choice.
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@hora_fugit (5862)
• India
9 Oct 09
I am against missing rest for whatsoever, so of course my job will be the 8 hour work only. Later I will persuade: come on I am not so lazy, I will work two hours more if you increase my salary by 50$(simple calculation)... Changing it to our currency it's not much less!
@mrinali (392)
• India
9 Oct 09
i'm in favor of your choice. I'd prefer the second one because i think 8 work hour is idle for work no matter how much the salary is..thanks for your comment.
@marababe (2503)
• Philippines
10 Oct 09
20 hours a day vs. 8 hours a day of work? I would choose 8 hours without blinking an eye. What am I going to do with $50,000 a month? Use it for my hospital bills and medicine because I lack sleep and rest hence over-fatigue? No thank you. $200 a month would be much acceptable. At least I could still get proper rest in order to function well for the next day.
@mrinali (392)
• India
10 Oct 09
Correct!! 8 hours job is more comfortable then 20 hours job..thanks for you comment here.
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
10 Oct 09
Hi mrinali, I will prefer the eight hours job. I know there is much difference in the salary but I can’t work for 20 hours in a day. I don’t mind if I get less money but I need time to look after my family. Presently my family is more important for me because my kids are small and they need my attention. So my preference will go for time only. Hope you are doing well. Have a nice day.
@mrinali (392)
• India
10 Oct 09
yes, i do prefer the eight hour job because there is much leisure time. But the 50,000 dollars is somewhat useless if you dont have the time to spend them..and certainly, Family is more important then million dollars..have a nice day.
@kapeed85 (138)
• India
12 Oct 09
I will choose eight hours job even though you earn money in the first job even don't have time to sleep. sleeping 4 hours per day is not good one for our health.You cannot get back your health after You earn the enough money. So i choose the second job which is gives enough money and health.
@jerimiyah (232)
• Philippines
10 Oct 09
It would be fun to do no. 1 for awhile since i work infront of the computer for 20 hours a day. I mean just for awhile till i am able to save money.
@mrinali (392)
• India
10 Oct 09
eeeeee!!!20 hours infront of computers!!!are you a coder, software developer, scientist or What???? i'm 13 hours online everyday and this is my limit..anyways, first job is more suitable for you. thanks for your comment.
@Shooyao (156)
• China
10 Oct 09
I think i can choose the first one because the in the same time I can earn more money,then if the money is enough I can change it to find another suitable job. good luck to you my frined ,hehe do you use msn:shooyao@hotmail.com
@mrinali (392)
• India
10 Oct 09
So you will take the first job as temporary job and you are expecting another suitable job to change the first one?? now what does the ' suitable' means to you???is it 100,000$ per month or what!!! I'm not using msn..thanks.
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• China
10 Oct 09
hi ,mrinali ,although I like 20 hours with a salary of 50,000 per month , I think I can not bear the workload of 20 hours . it is hard to me , it must be able to destroy my body ,can you only sleep four hours per day? if you can , I think you can do the job with high salary. but I am sure there are many people can not do it , it is contrary to the laws of nature . do you agree with me ? my friend.
@mrinali (392)
• India
10 Oct 09
I do agree with you..20 hours job in a day is somewhat impossible for me and i think there are few people like bill gates.., will do this job fluently. Thanks for your comment here , thebest..
@edxcast (1168)
• Ecuador
9 Oct 09
I must say i would pick the first one, work for 4 months and then i would look for a job in which i could enjoy having. Though i think the one has an amount that its freaking impossible to keep as you would have only 4 hours to rest. I think no one can take that job and survive!! lol.
@mrinali (392)
• India
10 Oct 09
yes..you should atleast have some leisure time so that you can spend 1/4th of your earnings...
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Oct 09
hi mrinali well sure I would take the first job offer as I would work that twenty hours then go on and work someplace else and be able to retiree in maybe three years. so why not? 200 a month is just dreadful wages.
@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
10 Oct 09
Well both salaries are both pretty generous monthly salaries. Since I am a mom with a young child in kindergarden I would go for the part time job so that I can be here for my kids when they are home from school. 50,000 a month is a lot of money and if you could work part time making that kind of money I think many people would do that, make good money and not work your life away, that would be awesome.
@gmkk1986 (471)
• India
10 Oct 09
I prefer Second One. Time is more valuable than money.. of course money make many wonders. But Time only can save us from lot of problems. I will prove my self worthy to get more money with 8 hours jobs so that I may get more bucks from my employer. May be I am wrong with the present world but we must enjoy every moment in our life.
• Philippines
10 Oct 09
I'll go with the job number 1 ^_~ after a year or two, I'll put it all up on business ^_^
@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
10 Oct 09
HI Mrinali, Work is important for our life but taking care of our own body is the most important. From your above statement about the first job,it is a tiring job whereby 20 hours is keep working and it means you will only get 4 hours to rest,I don't think that is call a work/job. That kinda of job might not suitable for people,that is more for robot,I guess. As for the second job, although the salary is low,but at least,you can always have an enough rest.It won't bring harm to your body. There are plenty of job vacancies available and always look for the best that suit your life before committed to it.
• Philippines
10 Oct 09
i work because of the pay so that i can support my family. i would go for the first job, if i were younger. then on weekends, i spend the time for my family and personal rest. with the big earnings, i can save a bigger portion of that and then, maybe, decide to retire in a few years' time.