• Lemvi@lemmy.sdf.org
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    10 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.