Have you ever taken a job that you didn’t really want, but it paid a lot more? Did you end up liking it or did it make you want to jump up your own ass and die?

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I did. It was a substantial bump. About a 40% increase. I knew it was a risk going in, but figured at worst I'll focus on my growing savings account. As it turns out however, money doesn't fill the void that a shit job opens up in your life. Don't recommend.

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I did the opposite and took at 30% cut for sanity and a healthy working environment with genuinely nice people and it was worth every (lost) penny. I no longer have anxiety attacks going to/at work.

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Yes and No... talk to people who currently work there about the things that are important to you (type of work, amount of work or stress etc)

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Currently in this position. The latter

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Yes, and I ended up liking the job and the people.

Ask yourself what makes you tick. A nice paycheck is great but I felt like I wasn’t being challenged or really using my brain on a day-to-day basis.

☝🏻same experience as this guy. Suddenly I had more financial freedom but I was miserable going to work.

But I could’ve had a real fancy apartment.

@OP...”it paid a lot more” can be a huge variable, depending on how you define “a lot more”. Individual question each one of us has to answer for ourselves - how much is enough? $30k bump...maybe not? $75k bump...same answer?

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