August 11, 2003
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If somebody gave you a 10 thousand dollars a year, to stay in a job you loathe, would you stay?

I presume you mean, $100,000. The answer is still "No".

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg, PA USA

No. However, it might make me stay in a job I was ambivilant about.

Felicia, 37
Lowell, MA USA

Nope. 10 G's is not enough money.

Janet, 45
E. Brunswick, NJ USA

Obviously this would be in addition to what the job pays. Ummm...no.

Alias Irrelevante

No I would not. The first reason being that 10K is nothing to live on these days. Especially if the job that you loathe is not a high salary either. I would stay in the loathsome job until I found a better. I mean, you can barely afford a good rent w/ 10K.

Carrie

Probably not. That's not really a lot of money considering it's a job I hate.

Aly, 17
Cardiff UK

Is that money on top of pay? Probably not.

Stephanie, 27
TX USA

Ten thousand dollars a year isn't much but I think I know what you mean and the answer is a resounding "no". If you can't enjoy life, what else is there? And your job, which you're at for 8 hours a day, is a big part of your life.

Reba, 57
Gaithersburg, MD USA

I'm too old to do that.

Judy, 62
Easton, KS USA

No. My happiness is worth much more than that! 20 thousand, I'd think about it!

Doug2, 30
Kansas City, KS USA

No, 10 thousand dollars sucks. That's basically what I make now and no one can afford to live on that. If they offered me 100 thousand then I would condier it.

Keri-Jade, 23
Brampton, Ontario CANADA

No.

Fisch, 47
Preston, CT USA

no

Melodi, 19
Gahanna, OH USA

No.

Laura, 38
Lowell, MA USA

No. I make more than that now in a job I like. If you mean $10,000 in addition to what I make now, the answer is still no. I can make myself pretty miserable when I brood about not liking work. It's
just not worth it, which is why I'm one of the first when working conditions are bad.

Cathie, 53
Novi, MI USA

i could make more than that at a job i'm ok with.

A-Dog, 20
Eugene, OR USA

No way. You're talking the rest of your working life here! No amount of money would make me want to torture myself like that!

Tam

Probably not. I've been known to leave a job if I am very unhappy with it (not in the past 2 years though).

Ashley, 20
Jacksonville, FL USA

No.

Jane, 63
West Linn, OR USA

No. $50,000 - maybe. But loathe is a strong word. It is very important for me to be happy (at least non-stressed) at work - I recently changed jobs to achieve that. I went from being a chief to being an Indian (which has its own issues that I've had to deal with) and overall, I am happy with that decision.

Cindy, 41
VA USA

10 thousand on top of my pay, or for my pay? If I could find something better that paid well
enough, I'd take that. But I have had jobs I loathed, and I made less than that much at them. You gotta do what you gotta do.

Karen, 23
Ames, IA USA

No, money isn't the only thing. I'd rather be poor and enjoy where I spend most of my day.

Ryan, 29
Riedlingen GERMANY

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