how much is too much to lose?

Re: how much is too much to lose?

Fiona Leathers — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:45:03 GMT

I dropped 3 grand to get my job I'm in just now. It seems like a lot but it really didn't make a huge difference I think it was about £120/month - however I did save this on travelling expenses. And this job certainly saved my sanity!! You have to decide between money & health.

Re: how much is too much to lose?

Mac Feather — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:24:17 GMT

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im currently in a job i hate, where i barely get to do any practical nursing, am lonely and generally unhappy. the one positive of my job, is my wage, which is a lot more than my previous practice, and looks to be above the average. it is this that has mostly kept me there, and i have been offered jobs since being there which i have mostly turned down as the pay has been so much less. i have now got to the end of my rag, and if i dont leave soon i`ll prob give up nursing instead! went for an interview at a practice recently that ive always wanted to work at, typically the wages are the lowest that ive come across, not even much of an improvement from my training practice wages which were dire, and below average from what is said on here, i stand to take a 3 / 3.5 grand pay cut from my current wage. im trying to weigh up money to happiness, and of course the obv thing is to go where i would be happiest, but has anyone been in my situation and gone through with it, only to come out the other side thinking maybe money is a pretty vital part? i want to be a fully functioning nurse, but im worried that im gonna end up in some typical stressful nursy situ in the middle of the night and wonder why i gave up more money and no on call?! is this the mental imbalance we suffer that makes us nurses in the first place?! and obv the quality of my life is important out of work, and what my wages will get me. rock : hard place

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How are things with you now?

Re: how much is too much to lose?

jan — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:11:11 GMT

I used to work in a different industry, which i hated. 15 years on i am earning a lot

less money for more hours but am happy. The only problem I had was i couldn't afford the socialise in the same way so lost many "friends" However i paid off my mortgage before leaving so was quite well set up,if not id be fairly povity stricken now

Re: how much is too much to lose?

Jennie — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:16:25 GMT

do whatever makes you happy - provided you can pay the bills it's ok. Just been in a similar situation myself - taken a paycut and moved somewhere else. It's been sooo worth it. I'm much less stressed now & a lot more settled in my job again. goes to show, money doesn't always buy you happiness as I'd trade the extra i was earning for the stress I was suffering any day...

The way I see it, we spend so many hours at work - why make it any more miserable than it has to be?

Re: how much is too much to lose?

Claire Cameron — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:56:19 GMT

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