I have just taken a job that I love. The people are great to work with, the benefits are great and the pay is decent. Why would I want to leave?
Jobs come open all the time in the PR world. Do you ever stop to think about why that job is open? This week someone approached me about taking another job that would pay a lot more than what I make now. After getting past the fact that I just started a new job, the ideal of making more money really started getting me excited.
I went through all the things that I could do with that money. New car, new clothes and of course pay of that dreaded student loan. Then I started to ask more questions. If the job that they are offering me is so great, why is it open? After talking with some people that work at this corporation, I learn that the management is not very good to work with and that makes most of the people there grouchy.
So I weighed my options. Do I stay at a job a love and make less money, or do I switch jobs and more than likely hate my job? I did not have to take long to make a decision. I am doing fine with the money that I am making now. I also came to the realization that some things just don’t have a price tag on them. My happiness is one of them. While the grass may look greener on the other side, it may just be spray painted dead grass.
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A similar situation happened to me, but I made the wrong decision of taking the job that paid more. When I graduated from college I had 3 job offers. All 3 seemed really good in there own ways. I was really torn between 2- an agency and an in house position as a marketing & pr coordinator. The agency was the best in Florida and had an excellent reputation nationally, but offered me $8k less than the corporate job. Everyone I talked to about it said to take the $8k job. So I started to think of reasons why that job was better. I figured that I'd be the only one in the department and could get so much done and would be on the fast track to a really great career. But the truth is that I barely worked on pr tasks and because no one else in the organization understood the value of pr and marketing, I was met with a ton of difficulties and was miserable. I realize the experience helped me anyway, but I should've taken a more in-depth look at the offers. Yes, money is great, but if you hate your job and aren't learning anything new what good does the money do you? Sometimes it's better to think about your career in the long run and not just what the money can do for you now.
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