What salary do you think would make you happy? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Lemvi@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 9 months ago

For me, other factors are much more important than the salary.

A tedious job with unpleasant colleagues would never make me happy, no matter how high the salary. On the other hand, if I had a job that was fun and had nice colleagues, I would be happy with a salary that only covered the essentials.

Also, I would rather have a salary that only covers the essentials for 30 hours a week than a salary twice as high for 60 hours a week. What good is money if I can never spend it?

There are more factors that are more important to me than the salary. How much physical labor is involved in the job? Do I have to work at night? Do I work shifts or do I have flexible working hours? Does the employer offer a pension plan? Are there any other benefits? Where would I have to work, close to friends and family or far away? ...

Yeah, there really isn't just one threshold value that would make me happy. More is better of course, but there are too many other factors.

Though it's probably worth mentioning that I don't have any children and don't plan on having any.

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