was reading an article in yahoo and found out that a lot of shunning a ...

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US$100,000 work because of the lousy image it has been associated with. has the world gone insane? its not even that bad of a job. it is legal and it has gone from back-breaking and low salaried to high tech and high paying. the job that the article is about is manufacturing. here is the link for the full article, http://finance.yahoo.com/news/100-000-factory-job-whats-154000356.html. now, i understand that factory jobs doesn't really come across as a high profile job that newly-graduates will come lining to apply for. factory jobs ain't that popular like nurses, doctors, or even, ***gasp*** call center customer service representatives but common people, it pays close to $50,000 for the first five year and could potential pay as much as $100,000 after another five years. consider the fact that there are a lot of opportunities for growth since there is less competition and there is hardly any labor turnover and you might be looking at one of the more stable jobs this latter part of the decade. now, i can speak from experience. no, i didn't work in manufacturing but i have turned my back on the most ideal job situations for myself because of a higher paying job. case in point,my first job as a trainer. i was part of the youngest and at that time best training team in the pre-need industry. i could have stayed and easily become a training supervisor in under a year but decided to move to a rival company and join their sales team. that didn't pan out right. lol! it was a hard realization that classroom setting and training is very different from actual selling and field work. i made sales left and right and even ended up as an awardee in the year end recognition sales award of our company but i felt back then that the pay i was getting,although higher than my training job, wasn't commensurate the work that i was doing to keep on making sales. i quit after a year to work in an industry that was my interest. i'll leave this one for another discussion topic as this is the complete opposite of what i'm getting at with this discussion. after two more jobs, i ended up as a customer service representative for a foreign financial trading company. i didn't enjoy the work and didn't know much about the industry when i started but after learning the ropes and seeing the financial rewards of the industry my interest grew. i even got promoted and became the first local supervisor in our firm. ii actually thought that i would be ending my career with this company. i have the respect and trust of my managers, colleagues, and subordinates. i'm due to handle my own site within the next year or two and i'm comfortable in my tasks. all i had to do was wait. however, another offer came along. i wasn't actively looking for one nor was i applying. the offer just landed on my lap. an acquaintance knew the owner of a start up financial firm. this company is based in another country and looking to expand its business here locally. they are global leaders but a virtual unknown int he local market hence they were looking for experienced traders with an established local client base. they were willing to pay double the premium of local industry companies and add perks to an already impressive compensation package. i was reluctant at first to apply but the owner himself took the time to email me and invite me for lunch. it wasn't an ordinary interview,i really wouldn't call it an interview really. just two businessmen talking about the possibility of doing business in the future. however, the future is now and the new business meant leaving the old company behind. after that first meeting, i was impressed... not with the company history nor with the person leading the company. i was impressed with what they had to offer. more than the salary the total compensation package they have for their new hires was heads and shoulders above the current average salaries within the financial industry. the decision was made the moment i shook hands and said goodbye to the owner. i was leaving my current comfortable and stable job for a new endeavor that paid more. were there risks involved? of course... but those risks came with a much higher salary. there's a saying in gambling that i like to apply as well to business, 'scared money don't make more money!'. i decided to tender my resignation and sign up for this more lucrative post. the resignation was a three month process. industry standards only asks for one month turnover period but because i was being 'persuaded' to stay by my now-previous company the whole turnover turned into three months. my new company was gracious enough to understand my situation and gave me the time i need to complete my turnover with the previous one. i even got in a week-long vacation between my last day with the my previous company and my starting date for my new one. so in reality, i really wouldn't mind taking on a more high paying job even though the job isn't as 'cool' or as 'important' as other more high profile jobs out there. my question to my fellow mylotters, will you do the same? if you did already,share your experience. if you declined a higher paying job to stick to your current one because of one reason or another, share your thoughts as well. would love to hear both sides of the coin here. cheers and happy mylotting!!!