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Can Money Buy Job Happiness? The next “step” on your career ladder might not be another salary jump.
March 28, 2007
When evaluating if your current job is advancing you on your strategic career path, you need to think about more than the “job” part of your life. Ask yourself how much your time is worth. Is it really worth the extra bucks? Maybe it is. There are generally three sides to every job. What you think it offers. What your boss says it offers. And what it really offers you.
“When you walk through the new doors, you have to do it all over again. You have to prove yourself all over again, and that takes energy,” says a woman contemplating a “step up” in Jeff Opdyk’s Wall Street Journal article. “I’m very driven, but to do that when you’re established should really take something special, and something more than money. I’d be very angry with myself if I traded comfort in my current job just for money in a job that didn’t provide everything else I might need.”
I explore this idea in Your Career, Your Way, chapter 5: Determining your Goals. I write about how each goal you set, each stepping stone you create to get you closer to your aspirations, must be relevant, have meaning for you, and be consistent with your other goals. So next time you’re offered an extra $5K to try something different, explore all aspects of how that job will fit into your career plan and how the changes will impact your “entire” lifestyle, not just your job-time.
Lisa Quast
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