/biz/ - Business & Finance

Do you want to have any life outside of work?

what is stressful about working from home with "constant customer interaction"

>>14485429
just buy some VIDT instead anon, then you'll never have to work again

>>14485484
The other job deals with a lot of IP legal questions.

>>14485429
High stress high pay is the way. Time for friends and family is severely overrated

>>14485429
time > money

>>14485429
No one can decide this except you, anon.

I had a very stressful career for the first 4 years of my working life, made good money, but ultimately decided to take a 40% paycut to move back to my hometown and have a more "whole" life with family, friends, nature, etc., outside of work.

I feel it was the right decision for me, but sometimes do daydream about all the money I would have saved now had I stayed. However - life is about more than money, and as I get older I appreciate that more and more.

If there's any way you can find a compromise (take the high paying job for a year or two, save as much as you can, then pivot), it might be worth looking into.

Less pay, less stress.

I was an associate at a law firm making 325k a year. I went in house for 195k and haven't looked back. The first job helped me to pay off my school loans so it did serve its purpose

>>14485646
This. Only do the high stress one if you really love the job. Like if you're a scientist working on some research that fascinates you or a creative job where you're making something you want.

>>14485429
What kind of remote jobs are these and where do you find them?

consider the benefits in evaluating the position as well

sure my job is a $X0k salary
but I make a few thousand every year through ESPP
and my health insurance premium is $0
and they 401k match 10%
and they have a gym

>>14485603
idiot

>>14485429
Medium pay, low stress is the way to go; especially since it's WFH

>>14485429
With 65k it's worth it.
Don't forget the 15-20k extra is also taxed

>>14485746
Fuck off lazy fag. Some of us have ambition and don't want to settle for a mediocre middle class existence.

>>14485795
>Don't forget the 15-20k extra is also taxed
Don't know how the tax system works?
>>14485820
>not living the middle class life and then living it up in SE Asian for 4 weeks every year

>>14485820
imagine thinking that ignoring your biological imperative and instead chasing artificial hedonistic wealth is something to be proud of

congrats to the bachelor degreed 10+ years experience people

>>14485429
65k

t. Guy with shitty high stress hours and still mediocre pay

I think you know the answer anon. I'm happy surviving on much less with a flexible job. And I'm still making it with LINK rn so.

>>14485429
i am using your thread for a similar question:
i will graduate from university in autumn, should i try to get a 80% job (32h) or a 100% (40h) job?
I really dont know why i should work 40h a week, i will never have a gf or family anyways and i spend so little money that i can save half my paycheck if i work 32h. and its just infinitely better to have a 3 day weekend.

>>14485870
A 40 hour a week job is less effort than going to school full time (or, what I was doing, going to school and holding a shitty part time job). Go for full employment, you won't even notice the difference.

>>14485870
with 40h job you'll have more money to invest and can retire early, vs. with 32h job you have more time to live now but will work the rest of your life

>>14485855
>biological imperative
just as retarded as having gray hair by 30 because you think the path to wealth working way too hard for your money

>>14485429

The first choice is the obvious one, the other one may make good payment but you will sacrifice your health and energy in long term.

You can always gain money but never your youth or time.

>>14485820
enjoy your heart attack and ulcer when you could have just budgeted better

>>14486410
>tfw I got an ulcer before
shit was not fun, I had to reduce or remove a lot of shit in my diet and I already barely eat anything
there's also the chance I could get another one but my life is less stressful now so maybe not

take care of your health anons, money isn't gonna do shit for you when you're dead

>>14486410

A guy I work with who used to flex how many hours he works had a stroke in his mid 50's. When he came back to work, he went right back to flexing his hours on us.

The majority of my coworkers are happily following in his footsteps, too.

>>14485429
High stress if it was up to me. 100%. I'm currently working in a massive warehouse, it might not sound stressful to some people.. but it's fucking stressful + the risks it involves. I also grabbed the time in the freezer three days a week for extra pay. But I'm fine with it because I earn a lot of money doing it.
I'm currently making $3100 a month (after taxes) from my job and thanks to me investing roughly 60% of my paycheck every month, I'm going to make around 2.5k a month from passive income by the time I'm 30 from my investments and 1k a month from real estate investments(basically loans which gives me annual interest). The numbers will obviously be higher because I re-invest the profits I get but I haven't done the math on that yet, but my current guess is around 4.2k a month by the time I'm 30. The day I'm 30 however and everything is ready, I will take out my vacation days I have saved up in cash (which should be around $8k after taxes), quit my job and "retire".

You will make more than me even with the lesser paying job, but you can achieve these kind of goals by even larger margins if you take the stressful job. Let's just pretend for a second that you take the 90k job and invests 60% of your paycheck every month like me.. and you can easily get to where I will be when I'm 30 in just ~3 years from now rather than what it will take me (8 years), work for 5 years and you will probably have more than doubled my passive income.
Just plan ahead and don't waste your money/time on shit. Invest a majority of what you make and you'll be fine. People claiming that you will ruin your life by working stressful are massive pussies, 5 years of stress won't harm your body.. if that was the case than a huge portion of the boomer generation along with my father and his father would have been dead decades ago.

>>14485429
>One which pays $65k with a fully flexible create your own schedule and full time work from home option.
This one, without any doubt whatsoever.