If you had to choose between job satisfaction and monetary reward which would you choose?

and if not apparent please identify your sex.

If you had to choose between job satisfaction and monetary reward which would you choose?
I recently decided to go the satisfaction route over money. I am male, 29.





I was making rich people richer, and now I protect communities. It is worth the difference in salary and then some.
Reply:It depends a lot on what your needs and wants are. If you are not making enough money to support your family then you should take an increase in salary.





If money is not that important job satisfaction is. Knowing that the company you work for really cares about you and them telling you that what you are doing is important keeps you an interested worker. Helps with your self esteem and makes you like your job classification. It is very important to have a job you enjoy doing instead of one that you hate!
Reply:Job satisfaction. I actually already made this choice. Right after I got out of active duty Army I was offered an inordinate amount of money to be a contract linguist. I won't say how much, but enough that people told me I was crazy for turning it down. The truth is, money will only take you so far. A linguist job is terribly stressful and extremely hard work without really seeing the benefits of your work. I would much rather become a professor, teaching the history that I love than have all the money doing a job that would slowly be killing me.
Reply:I would much rather be happy and broke than miserable and rich. Think about it: Money can NOT buy happiness, despite what people say. If I am making less than I think I should be making, but if I am happy (especially if I am doing something I like) then the monetary situation ceases to be important.





Confucius once said "Choose a job that you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life"..This is what I am getting at. Happiness is priceless: Money is just paper.
Reply:Job satisfaction.





I have learned over the years that one tends to leave unhappy positions sooner anyway - so the bigger money ends up only serving to tide one over until another job can be found.





In contrast, working at something that is enjoyable doesn't feel so much like work anyway and so it feels like I'm being paid to enjoy my days. Easy money :)





I resolved that since I don't have a choice and must work; that I'd rather work at something I wanted to do rather than just work (regardless of the money).
Reply:Difficult question. I think I like my job and I have quit lots of jobs that I didnt like. But now I am a grown up with a child and responsibilities its not so easy to just say...I dont like this anymore Im going to quit. But then if all that mattered was the money I could go be a prostitute and make ALOT more than I am making currently. I guess you have to have a balance...but job satisfaction rates higher in my book. Im a female (although I think thats apparent, no harm in making the statement of fact).
Reply:Job satisfaction, no question.





I used to be the head of the safety department at a company I used to work for, but was unhappy because I was on call 24 hours a day, and would have to leave at a moment's notice to deal with an accident.





Now I'm working as an Admin. Asst. in a safety department, much happier now!





And here's the irony -- it pays better than the job I had that I hated!
Reply:currently I would be happier just working closer to my significant other- we want to move in together but we live far away. One of us is going to have to change jobs and I wish i could work closer- that makes more difference than 100K salary to me. I am female. UNLESS a job opened up that gave me a huge salary and a helicopter...then that would be fine with me.
Reply:Male, used to be job satisfaction, but with a child recently took a different position which i really did not want because it was a lot more money. With that if I feel I am doing something for the right reason I can be happy. I still like what I do. Just not as much.
Reply:I'd choose monetary reward and quickly build up an early retirement fund. I have plenty of satisfaction in my marriage, but money I could really use! It should be apparent from my avatar, but I'm a woman.
Reply:I'll take the cash, I'm not even sure what job satisfaction is. My view is that you're just supposed to do your job well and collect the dough. You don't need to be happy about it.





I is a man.
Reply:Monetary reward. I spend only around 8 hrs a day at work. Male.





However, I also have to add that I do what I like in terms of my job. So this question never really had a place in my mind.
Reply:Job Satisfaction,





If you do great at your job and you love what you do, the monetary reward will follow.





Male.
Reply:Job satisfaction, as a means, and monetary reward, as a goal.
Reply:I have already chosen job satisfaction, but I have to admit, I might change my tune, if I didn't have a spouse who makes a lot more than me.
Reply:money!!!! the only thing where id care about job satisfaction would be doing some kind of voluntary charity work, which i do intend to do at some point in the near future :D
Reply:Job satisfaction. At my current job, I work 12 hours a week at $9 per hour, but I love it. As long as I have enough money to get by, I'm happy.
Reply:I am a woman, and I would choose job satisfaction. Having a meaningful career is more important than money!
Reply:Monetary reward IS job satisfaction.
Reply:Satisfaction as long as you make a decent living.
Reply:definitely job satisfaction





i live to work :-)
Reply:Job satisfaction
Reply:Job satisfaction!
Reply:I already have chosen monetary reward. Beggars can't be choosers.
Reply:Job satisfaction, hands down.
Reply:$$ leads to job satisfaction.





Male.
Reply:Job satisfaction. We spend a great deal of time working to earn a living. I should feel content at the end of my work day.
Reply:job satisfaction
Reply:Money
Reply:Job satisfaction. More money will not make the job easier to take or do.
Reply:Money, it doesn't make you happy, but neither does living on the streets