I’m talking a job that would mean you have to cut back on luxury items for sure.
I have not but I would, especially if it meant I could spend more time with my son…
I gave up a management job once, which was salary. The crap I had to put up with was stupid-crazy. I got fed up and took a lower paying job, hourly. Cutting back on luxury items? It was painful for a while but we adjusted. It is amazing how much I learned to do without, which in turn taught me what was really valuable (family time, etc).
Yes Sir, $2 less per hour and 30 more miles away from home. Less $ but less stress and less BS to put up with.
I’m seeing a lot of value in NOT hating to go to work every day. 
Yep, did exactly this years and years ago. Never been happier. A job with purpose and a drastically increased quality of life to boot. I’d trade money for happiness any day. Good luck with your decision.
Yes but it was for a career move. I am much happier now.
I quit a job I hated to go to work at for something I believed in. 3 years later being much happier and more productive I was making much more money.
I now have 12 years at this job, I’m making great money and I go home at night with a feeling of accomplishment.
I turned in my 2 week notice at a soul sucking job that paid really well, but I was miserable.
My boss, who worked downtown while I worked out in the field, was a great guy.
When I told him of my decision he asked me to hang in there and he would find me something I’d like to do.
He did as promised and a month later I was working downtown with him at a job I not only liked, but absolutely loved.
Maybe, perhaps not likely, but maybe, something similar may possibly happen for you.
Good luck!
Dillon was actually hiring a customer service position not too long ago. Probably wouldn’t pay much, but talking reloading for a living could be nice…
Unfortunately the commute is horrible from my house. Bad rush hour both ways.
Truth. The job I left, I hated. I was so depressed…gained weight, surly at home, did not eat well. I said “**** it.” I can’t say since I left I am ALWAYS happy, every day, but overall MUCH happier. And to give up the 24/7 trappings that management had to offer…blackberry, pager, etc., was so worth it. Now when my day is over it is OVER. I dropped back about $15,000 a year in income, but what I gained was so much better.
I hear it.
I did.
Left a job paying $10,000 more +bonuses per year, that had a pension, 9.75% 401k match, 13 holidays per year and 3 weeks vacation in a senior management career track with a worldwide corporation that, however, required 10-12 hr/day work days 6-7 days/week including holidays.
I took a job with a family owned company that had a lower salary, no pension, a 3% 401k match, 9 holidays/yr and only 2 weeks vacation but I come in at 7 and leave at 4 EVERY SINGLE DAY Mon-Fri. No calls at night, no weekends, no holidays and very little stress.
Best move I have ever made.
Surprisingly enough I made the decision to start looking after watching the stupid Adam Sandler movie “Click”.
I don’t really miss the money because I was so busy before, I never got to spend it.:moil:
Are Dillon and Dillon Aero the same company? If so I want to play with the minigun!
Good luck with your decision man. I have not had to make that decision but as long as my bills were paid I would choose happiness over money.
That movie was thought provoking.
There’s a lot of people at my current company who make their job what defines them. I don’t get it… the company doesn’t give a crap about them.
Between the wife and I we have decreased our combined income $120k a year over the last 3 years. We are happier, healthier, and other than not having as much toy money, haven’t missed most of it, especially the stress levels.
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Yup- I was in the Houston area making around 20k more than I am now but chose to lose it so my daughters were in a better area. Ironically the cost of living in Tyler is almost higher than where I was but the value is in a much more lax schedule and being home everyday by 445 and off every weekend. I was offered a spot at GE leading a SASS team and could have made bank, but time is much more important than money these days.
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I took a 20% pay cut 15 years ago to leave my job at an insurance company. Best move I ever made.
I like what I do for a living now. If you can make ends meet with the job at Dillon I say do it. Life is too short.
You cannot put a price on being happy at all. If that means I can be stress-free and make a few dollars less I would jump all over it. I am fortunate though that my current job is not overly stressful.
Mark,
I am about to pull the trigger and do the same thing myself. I am about 3 weeks out. I will be taking a $12k hit in pay, but I know that I will enjoy my new job and life much more than I do now. Money isn’t everything. People here tell me I am crazy and won’t do it because nobody can afford to lose $1000 per month in income. What they fail to realize is that some people are debt free and that gives you a TON of freedom to make decisions that impact your life and happiness. Don’t look back, I won’t.