Two jobs


Job A- Travel work and night work (I hate both), no benefits or profit sharing (yet), huge opportunity for advancement and even maybe ownership (10+ years down the road and economy allowing)

Job B- No travel, occasional night work, benefits, profit sharing, higher hourly rate than job A by a couple bucks, company has been around much longer limited advancement opportunity


Based off the limited info which job would you take? I thought I would spare everyone the reading but if you want the whole big story behind the dilemma let me know. Thank in advance.
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I guess part of your answer lies with how old you are, and if you're willing to take a chance on the future economy. If you're a young(er) guy then take Job A. Being younger allows you to take the risks involved in job A. Job B just sounds too safe and I wouldn't be able to be stuck in a situation that was never going anywhere :-)

Either way congrats :-)
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Go with your heart!
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You gotta be happy with what you decide Big A. I am certain you will make the right decision for you and your family. Good luck brother!!
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I would go for job "B". The job market is not like what it use to be. I doubt you'll stay at job "A" long enough to reap benefits and you could (assuming the are both the same kind of work) work for job "A" later on. The days of a gold watch and a pension are long gone and employers do not put long term investments in their employees.

I'd take "B" for what you can get out of it and then take a look around when you are in a better position. Night, weekends, less pay, no benefits... sounds like a lemon of job. Promises of advancement are just sweet nothings, pay is real.
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B.
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Job C. Cigar Shop Owner, or manager...........lol!
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:-)
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"I hate both."

That's all I needed to read.
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For me,
Based on economy and years you predict you will need to invest in job A, the answer is easy.

Job B

• BENEFITS
• 401K
• Higher rate of pay now

Those three are BIG reasons to go with B.
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I have to agree.
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B brother, it seems to make more sense unless you want to do what you hate for the next 10 years to "maybe" get to the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Depends on your age and current relationship status with family and friends. It also depends on how much gambling you want to take. 10+ years is a long time and who knows how well the economy will be. Job B sounds like a good start and keep in mind you don't have to stay there forever, you just need experience. I believe the avg person changes jobs at least 5x in his or her lifetime.
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I agree. Plus who's to say a few years down the line you can't go to another company anyways? Never settle for anything less than you deserve.

My choice would be B.
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$$ isn't everything. B!
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He would be making more money with job B. :-)
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Exactly
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I would only consider the A option if single, or if my wife had a job with benefits, and it was in a field I planned to work in for the foreseeable future. The benefits (assuming medical, 401(k), vacation time) tip the scales strongly toward option B.

It sounds like A is a gamble on the potential for a better future and B is the guarantee for a better now. Rather than look at B as a dead-end position, view it as a stepping stone to a better company.

Regardless of your choice, congratulations!
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I am with everyone else, I vote for B.
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x2. There's nothing worse than getting up everyday and thinking how much you hate your job and how there's 1001 things you'd rather do than go back into that office. That's a soul sucking scenario and being happy with your life is far more important than anything else. Besides, considering the one that it sounds like you'd be the least happy in also has fewer benefits and lower pay the decision seems like a no-brainer to me.

As others have said, the odds that you'll be in any one job or with any single company for 10+ years is pretty low. The job and skills market is just too fluid to allow the same long term company path that our parents/grandparents have. You need to look at what gives you the best short-term return while continuing to look for other opportunities to apply to long-term success (additional training, certifications, further higher education in the evenings, etc). It's going to be hard to do that if you're forced to travel a lot and/or work a lot of evenings.
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