So job stuffFollow

So do I stick with my sh*tty, over payed job with way too many hours; or do I take a government job in public works running 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday, with holidays off and relatively stable work load and future in the industry?

Downside to the gov't job, well I am a public servant, I get paid less to start although the industry is more stable, predictable, and less prone to cut backs. The difference in pay is 2-3 dollars an hour, the real difference in pay comes from the hours. I will go from 300+ hours a month to 40 hours a week. Although the industry I am in now is just coming up to it's slow season and will likely have little to no work between late april and late may/early june.

Edited, Feb 1st 2012 8:20pm by Manosuke

Mmmm, gov't job.

As an aside (but semi related), it's 2am and I'm posting from work. Someone entertain me until I get off at 8am.

I wish. The hospital internet blocks both of those, as well as a bunch of other stuff like youtube. This and facebook remain untouched though, oddly enough.

Actually, yes, and if I hadn't gone to med school I would have done something very similar to that. I love analyzing modern orchestral music (particularly from video games, movies, and other similar media), and if I had gone to graduate school for music I can guarantee you my thesis would have been on music in video games (particularly Zelda and FF).

Reddit?

Govt job is the way to go even if underpaid. Retirement + stability. If you ever get laid off you have priority on other govt positions even if you aren't fully qualified. Only way I would ignore a govt job is if some one was offering 6 figures guaranteed for 10 years minimum. Otherwise I'd rather work 20 years making 50k or so a year pre tax. Long term outwieghs any financial possibilities from a higher paying job.