So i am currently at a crossroads in my career. I have currently been working in a higher paying position (higher cost of living ) for the past 6.5 years that has for sure has propelled my career in terms of experience and responsibility. It just has been absolutely soul sucking rotating shift work ( working 7 days straight and 2 days off - and during the two days i have to transition my sleep schedule). So for over the past 6 or so years i have had no circadian rhythm. So it has been quite exhausting and i got all of the experience allocated to me. I desperately want to be back home and have been saving up money just to quit at this point. This is because of the sheer toxicity that exists at this job. And i know i dont want to be here.I started applying for other positions and got an offer for a very interesting position back home with a normal schedule (only working 4 days a week )and 200 hours personal time off. It will be in the weapons program which interests me more so than operations at the end of the day. More importantly though , i will be able to pursue other passions of mine considering i wont be working 100 hour weeks anymore. It is just lower paying , 18k under my current base salary.It appears like a no brainer , but i am just worried that taking the job back home will preclude me from continuing my upward trajectory in operations. Also i will be losing a decent amount of salary as well if i take this job offer. But i know i will be happier. So im just conflicted on the decision here. Need guidance.
>>33868988pl0x help
>>33868988>18k under my current base salary.What is your current salary and your cost of living? I think we need to know that before we answer with certainty, but I will say something: time > moneyTime is much more valuable than money
>>33868988I think there is a point where happiness is more important than money or promotions and it sounds like you’ve reached that point.
>>33869382Like i work 13-14 hour days 7 day straight which comes in to around 100 hour weeks , i just cant do it any longer. Especially with this offer in hand its making it harder and harder to want to continue. Mathematically the newer position provides much better return simply due to hours worked.
>>33869369 Current base is 140 ,with bonuses it adds on about 30-40k however that's due to the heinous schedule.
