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My friend disagrees with me that stability is not better than more money. I believe a stable job is always better than more money because you never know when that higher paying job can come to an end. I am a fan of ongoing money which allows you to continue to save and accomplish things.
I been laid off enough times to know stability rules. Who else agree?
Job stability doesn't actually mean your job is guaranteed. You could have been with a company for 20 years, when out of no where someone decides to acquire you and your gone.
What's far more important is job availability within your field. If you lost your job, how easy is it to find another job? If you can easily get rehired somewhere, then sure, take the money.
If I lost my job tomorrow, I wouldn't lose a bit of sleep, I would just start responding to the headhunters. My company isn't exactly stable(stock is down about 95% over the past year) but that doesn't bother me, so given the choice, I'm up for the more money.
However if I knew that losing a job would make it almost impossible to replace one, then I would be much more hesitant to jump ship to a place where that was likely.
So ultimately in my opinion, stability isn't what matters, it's job availability in your field. If availability is high, go for the $$$.
The older you get, the more instability takes a toll on you. If you are some kind of guru at what you do, then no need to worry. But for the rest of us, the other 99.9%, stability is better.
Job stability doesn't actually mean your job is guaranteed. You could have been with a company for 20 years, when out of no where someone decides to acquire you and your gone.
What's far more important is job availability within your field. If you lost your job, how easy is it to find another job? If you can easily get rehired somewhere, then sure, take the money.
If I lost my job tomorrow, I wouldn't lose a bit of sleep, I would just start responding to the headhunters. My company isn't exactly stable(stock is down about 95% over the past year) but that doesn't bother me, so given the choice, I'm up for the more money.
However if I knew that losing a job would make it almost impossible to replace one, then I would be much more hesitant to jump ship to a place where that was likely.
So ultimately in my opinion, stability isn't what matters, it's job availability in your field. If availability is high, go for the $$$.
^^^^This.
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