You're kind of jaded by you current salary, I think :)
My first job out of Uni paid 1500 Euro. After that I had a job that paid 2000 Euro. Then a job that paid 1800 Euro. Now I have a job that doesn't even pay for rent right now (I'm depending on my boyfriend for that right now).
But you know what? I never had the feeling that I did not have enough to pay for my life. I don't go out much. Mostly the cinema and sometimes dinner after or before (usually Chinese, sometimes I splurge for Indian). Most of my money went on the side so I could travel to Japan twice a year. And you know what, I managed that even with the 1500 a month (though the hotels were a lot lower class, now I usually stay at least in business hotels).
And you know what, I even have had at least a cat throughout my whole work life :)
If you can pay your bills and (in my case) travel, it's important to earn enough for that, but not necessarily important to earn more.
Oh I admit that I though that I should have earned more for what I did, that's one of the reasons I've started my own company now, but you know what. That lower salary in a secure job... it's constant, you can plan with it. You can't do that when you work for yourself. Sometimes you earn enough, sometimes you don't. There's no security really. So I guess you pay for the security as well with the salary. And you do usually get it 14x times a year (at least over here in Austria), so it's not that bad.
I admit though my segment (i.e. tourism) is generally not exactly a well paid segment. Other fields have better payments.
But you know what? Money doesn't make you happy. Why would you do a job were you earn 5000 Euro and hate every second of it? I'd rather have one where I get 2000 Euro and have some fun with colleagues and go hope and enjoy my life. If you have enough to live, the rest is just a surplus.
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My first job out of Uni paid 1500 Euro. After that I had a job that paid 2000 Euro. Then a job that paid 1800 Euro. Now I have a job that doesn't even pay for rent right now (I'm depending on my boyfriend for that right now).
But you know what? I never had the feeling that I did not have enough to pay for my life. I don't go out much. Mostly the cinema and sometimes dinner after or before (usually Chinese, sometimes I splurge for Indian). Most of my money went on the side so I could travel to Japan twice a year. And you know what, I managed that even with the 1500 a month (though the hotels were a lot lower class, now I usually stay at least in business hotels).
And you know what, I even have had at least a cat throughout my whole work life :)
If you can pay your bills and (in my case) travel, it's important to earn enough for that, but not necessarily important to earn more.
Oh I admit that I though that I should have earned more for what I did, that's one of the reasons I've started my own company now, but you know what. That lower salary in a secure job... it's constant, you can plan with it. You can't do that when you work for yourself. Sometimes you earn enough, sometimes you don't. There's no security really. So I guess you pay for the security as well with the salary. And you do usually get it 14x times a year (at least over here in Austria), so it's not that bad.
I admit though my segment (i.e. tourism) is generally not exactly a well paid segment. Other fields have better payments.
But you know what? Money doesn't make you happy. Why would you do a job were you earn 5000 Euro and hate every second of it? I'd rather have one where I get 2000 Euro and have some fun with colleagues and go hope and enjoy my life. If you have enough to live, the rest is just a surplus.