Torn Between Two Jobs

Originally Posted by Watts

Second job. You'll earn more money, it will be less stressful (you won't have to deal with people in person) and it sounds like you'll access to a computer with internet. So you'll have plenty of time to space out and browse the internet. Most desk jockies do a fair amount of that. While only doing about three-four hours of real work every single day.

Ha ha ha! Man, you have no idea how relieved that makes me feel There are seriously some days when I go to work that I just can't get up the motivation to do work, so I browse like crazy Luckily I only have to work casually, and I have huge flexibility with my hours (i.e. I come in whenever I feel like it, and get paid for the hours I work ).

Anyway, back to the initial dilemma. WolfDemon, I would say that it really depends on what your perspective is on this job. If it's something to help you pay for expenses during uni, etc, then I would suggest going for a part-time job that you would enjoy. However, if this is something more long-term, I would suggest going for the job with better pay and better stability (i.e. full-time).

All that being said, I believe that it's also important to consider the long-term benefit of a job... By saying that I mean not only the experience you might gain through the job, but also how it'll look on you resume/CV, and how it'll improve your future career prospects.

To give an example, the job I currently work at pays $16 AUD (~$8.00 USD, I think). To me it's something to get me by while I study Medicine at uni, and furthermore it's of massive benefit to my future career (i.e. medical research) both in terms of experience and building a bit of rep. The downside is that I could probably get paid better in other jobs. I mean, just over the past 3 months I've turned jobs that would've paid between $18-20 AUD (~$10 USD, I think)... And why? Because those jobs involved either mindless answering of telephones or being at the cashier of a pharmacy (both utterly useless in terms of long term benefits ).

Anyway, choosing between two jobs is always a tough call, and there's rarely a clear-cut answer ^^; I really hope that whatever you decide on, it works out to be the best call for you ^__^

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