Work-Life balance vs. Salary

[KingBeez]

In this example, I’m going to use my current age and major (21, F).

I’d do the 200k for a bit while I’m young and use most of that for investments, an emergency fund, and max out my 401k every year. I’m not the one who buys flashy and extravagant shyt.

Around 26-27, I’d have to start looking for a new job or see if that job has a similar job with less money but less hours as well.

Getting burnt out is a serious thing, and that 80-100 hours a week shyt will get old quick once you hit late 20s/early 30s when you’re tryna settle down, getting older, have a life, etc.

By then I’d at least have close to a mil under my belt. I’m cool with taking a pay cut for a bit to enjoy life and do my hobbies.

 

[Rhyme n Tekniq]

The gym is open before, during and after work. You can have health but sacrifice time for $$ till youre in a position to make money moves.

i agree eve though i left that out

 

[TrebleMan]

Work life balance. Either way, you'd have a decent amount of money by the time you're older anyway making $50k/year (not including raises). However, you'd be able to actually take life in when you're young, because you can't get those years back. Time is the most valuable thing because of how limited it is.

As a software engineer I have a better salary, but used to not have as much free time as I'd like. I made a decision to chill on the hours. I work 7-8 hours per day, but it's 7-8 hours of honest work. It's funny you spend your time building your skills, not having time for much else in order to build a career. Then when you have your career you're too busy working instead of doing what you like.



Work-life balance any day. It always feels like I'm in control. Plus you can always do a little research to invest your money wisely (because you have more free time) and make even bigger come-ups than your salary.

Can even turn hobbies into extra income if you have the free time to do it.

Jack Ma has great insights about this topic.

 

[Virtuous_Brotha]

Everything in moderation just like everything else, have money you have no time to enjoy brehs

 

[ImGucci]

I would take a 200k job only if it was 50 hours max.

If you’re working 80 hours for 200k, you might as well work a 40hr job for 100k. You are hustling backwards working 80 hes, unless you are saving up for something.

 

[Vandelay]

Salary while you're young.

After 30-35...work life balance. You should be making nice money by that time if you played your cards right.

 

[International Playa]

Dated a girl on 100k, she worked extra hrs outside the office. Saturday morning in bed she had her laptop open & working.

No thanks, I rather live modest & enjoy a balanced work-life.

Nothing wrong with living an average life, have a wife, 2.5 kids, house with a picket fence, a pet & afford 1-2 vacations a year

 

[Cynic]

Money and accumulating assets >>>

I’ve put in 80-100 hours for my own ventures before but i wouldn’t do that for a salary ....equity ? Sure.

 

[TheCPA]

Two times i refused the mid level management position they gave me, max salary is 123k and you have to work at least 50 hours per week and always go from meeting to meeting. I hate to manage people and go through all those meeting and working a more hours for no results at all, maybe if i worked in the private sector i would've accept, but manager level in a government job is a waste of your time cause you have no real power when you're caught up in the middle.

 

[Smokin Rider]

Truth is a lot of yall gonna die working 80 hours without having a chance to enjoy yourselves outside of work. I'd keep the work/life balance. I might die tomorrow so what the fukk is working 80 hours to reach a deadline? I'm making 50k a year right now at 40 hours a week with sometime being 50 and I'm cool with it. I don't need a lambo or a 12 bedroom house. I want peace of mind

 

[concise]

The gym is open before, during and after work. You can have health but sacrifice time for $$ till youre in a position to make money moves.

Who is finding time for the gym after working 80 hours a week?

 

[Paisley Darts]

Before my family, I'd work a lot of hours and saved money like crazy. Now I'm in my mid 30's and I've tuned it back. I saved up enough to set us up good, so I don't have to work those long hours anymore. So I'd say work the 80hrs while you are young....Save/invest....get older...take the 40hr job and enjoy the fruits of your labor.

 

[kenreid0726eabos]

How important is the salary vs. time for your personal life? Would you take a job paying $200K/yr but it meant working 80-100 hrs a week with no weekends off? Or would you take a job that pays $50K/yr but only has you putting in max 40 hours and not working weekends ever?

I have seen people time and time again quit a high paying job because it is just too demanding. My cousin's husband was an engineer making serious bank. But he worked so many hours sometimes he would sleep in his car while at work because he figured the drive home plus trying to eat and getting ready for bed would cost him hours of sleep because he had to be up and right back to work in less than 6 hours.

To me what is the point in making a lot of money if you can never enjoy it?

The system is corrupt life

 

[Osmosis]

80 hour work weeks is nuts to me. I couldn't do it.

 

[sayyestothis]

Why would anyone work anything more than 40hrs a week at a job? Am I missing something?