I have been contemplating this question this weekend. Has anyone been in a similar situation or have thoughts? If you have a job you love and you are a little under paid, would you take a new job for a 30% raise or stay where you are content and happy?

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Take the money and run, you’ll learn to love the new position 30% faster with more pay. It’s just science.

Seriously, most employers would gut their employees like fish if it helped their bottom line, don’t ever allow yourself to be “adopted” by a job.

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I find if your content and Happy, your not learning. That is just my opinion. I see too many content and happy people, but what happens if everything goes south? I personally like learning different things. Had it helped me in life, yes, just for circumstances like previous, but what I find also, it's never enough. Life is a struggle!

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I would almost always take the money. Unless I was expected to work 60+ hours a week in the new role.

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I don't think I could be truly "content and happy" knowing that my company didn't fly value my contribution. Anyone who wouldn't have the move in this scenario is being driven by complacency and/or fear of the unknown.

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