What job would you take

[mithrilG60]

Originally Posted by madwilliamflint

"I hate both."

That's all I needed to read.

x2. There's nothing worse than getting up everyday and thinking how much you hate your job and how there's 1001 things you'd rather do than go back into that office. That's a soul sucking scenario and being happy with your life is far more important than anything else. Besides, considering the one that it sounds like you'd be the least happy in also has fewer benefits and lower pay the decision seems like a no-brainer to me.

As others have said, the odds that you'll be in any one job or with any single company for 10+ years is pretty low. The job and skills market is just too fluid to allow the same long term company path that our parents/grandparents have. You need to look at what gives you the best short-term return while continuing to look for other opportunities to apply to long-term success (additional training, certifications, further higher education in the evenings, etc). It's going to be hard to do that if you're forced to travel a lot and/or work a lot of evenings.