FabSwingers.com forum: Would you?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Take a job for less money, doing a slightly different role if it was in an industry you prefered?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No. I'm far too materialistic. Would always choose money.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depends on how much less I guess...long as it didn't have too much of an adverse affect on my life then yes I would.

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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago

Bristol

Yes. It's also easier to move towards what you really want to be doing once you're on the inside. My current career (which I love) came after a scary year working on a contract across two departments, one of which I only had a peripheral interest in to start with but ended up being quite good at it. I now run one of the departments and mentor staff in the other. Best of both worlds.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes I would

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By *awty MaxWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Kinda done it... And I do what I love every day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes and have done so previously. No job pays enough to not enjoy it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes i did but i had to consider the future prospects such as:

Do i have the prospect to enhance my career in the future?

Can i earn more in the future and still enjoy what im doing?

Can i afford to take the cut?

Will the cut have an adverse reaction on my personal life?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I changed careers in my early thirties and went to earning less money. I also went from getting seven weeks holiday a year and an excellent sick scheme to getting no paid holiday at all. I also increased my hours. But I couldn't be happier in my job. Best thing I ever done.

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"No. I'm far too materialistic. Would always choose money. "
Amen sister

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

Did so before..

job satisfaction is important if one is fortunate or accepting of the reduced salary initially..

respect for some that its not an option and fair play for those who toil away in work they despise for their families etc..

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden

I would if there was a huge signing on fee.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nope I like money

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not a chance .... work is a necessary evil which facilitates a pleasurable lifestyle away from work .

We enjoy what we have in a materialistic way , as do the children

So there is no way I would give it up and settle for less just to satisfy my personal desire .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

no, i left a job i loved to a slightly different (less interesting) role but paid more

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd love to but can't afford to

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By *ScotsmanMan
over a year ago

ayrshire

If i took any less i might as well fucking pay them for the privilege

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Absolutely

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It would depend if I could afford to or not. I don't work because I love working.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"If i took any less i might as well fucking pay them for the privilege

Quality

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

I don't know. I'm lucky in that whatever I'm doing I find something to enjoy. Give me a job shovelling coal and by the first tea break, I'd have 5 good things about it

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

A couple of years ago I would but not now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Absolutely, and have done.

Know someone who took a role at 50% less pay (and 100% less aggravation) and is much happier and healthier for doing so.

Driving a 5 year old car ain't much different than a 1 year old car.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Can't afford a pay cut. I'll take any job if it pays the bills.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I did a few years back and altho I hated the pay drop it gave me additional skills which I used to get a new job and almost triple that salary.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Absolutely "

I was going to type that. Absolutely.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

No, I work on site and absolutely love it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sometimes, in search of contentment, you have to put more faith in your gut and less in your mind.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes I would, I have just graduated with a Degree in Computer Science.

I would take any job in the IT industry even if was to sweep the floors at Google or Apple. If it gets me through the door that's good for me.

My ideal job is a video games developer but anything will do really.

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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago

Bristol

"Sometimes, in search of contentment, you have to put more faith in your gut and less in your mind."

Contentment is under-rated in a futile search for perfection.

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By *ScotsmanMan
over a year ago

ayrshire

No im over the moon like a pig in shite pffft

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Absolutely

I was going to type that. Absolutely."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes I've done it in the past but would not and will not do it again

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

"Take a job for less money, doing a slightly different role if it was in an industry you prefered?"

There are jobs that pay less than mine!?

Seriously it would entirely depend on our circumstances. However all else being equal I say yes, life is brief and spending a large part of it doing something you prefer less than something just because of money is a waste of it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Take a job for less money, doing a slightly different role if it was in an industry you prefered?

There are jobs that pay less than mine!?

Spot on

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