[Sylvanfan]

So Imperial Oil comes to town and offers you one of two jobs.

Job 1 you work your 40 hours a week, get your 3 weeks holidays every year and it pays $50,000 a year plus benefits. You have minimal responsibility, but less chance for advancement, and don't get any OT or ever have to work any extra hours.

Job 2 you likely average around 50 hours a week, but it's not scheduled so some weeks you'll pull 60+ and others you'll work the usual 40. You will have a lot of responsibility, and will be held accountable for other peoples work. You will be compensated for it by being paid a $50,000 base plus OT and bonuses so you'll likely earn $80,000 plus per year. Still you'll be required to give up weekends on occasion, and have to pull the occasional 16 hour day without warning to satisfy the job requirements.

Which position would you chose and why? I'd likely still pick choice number 2, but at this point in time job 1 appeals to me a lot more than it did 5 years ago. Recently I'm starting to see that time is invaluable and being able to free your time from your job can isn't all that bad even if it means less money. If I had kids, I'd likely choose choice one for sure. I don't know if it has anything to do with age, but I'm starting to change my mindset to believe that time is more important than money is. Mind you it's happening very slowly. Thoughs?