Do you expect to get something other than money from your job?

[seaglass]

And do you? And how often?

I have been out of work for 5 years (except a brief 3 month stint at a call center) and while our money issues have eased up a little, I need to work.

I started a temp job on Tuesday doing data entry. It's not very interesting (and the commute really sucks) but I will get 15.00/hr for doing it (which again is not a lot but is something).

This job could become permanant at a little bit higher pay - but I think I'm a job snob. Other than money I'm getting nothing out of it. In my previous job I got a lot of job satisfaction and I needed that along with the money (not the call center job, the one before that).

But beggars can't be choosers, right? I mean everyone says they'd pick lettuce for $50.00/hr - so it must be about the money and not the work.

I'm not making any decisions right now because getting back into the swing of things, the hour commute, 8 hours of data entry with 2 cigarette breaks and then coming home to make dinner and STILL driving my kids to baseball games and picking up a prom dress is EXHAUSTING me right now and I know my mind is not clear. Plus today is the day I hear about another job (though I'm not real optimistic). And lastly, they haven't offered me anything permanant.

Anyway - the question is - can money be enough and should it be enough if the bottom line is to pay the bills, put your kids through college etc.?

[Sisaruus]

1. I'm a professional feminist - it's certainly not the $$

I am a professional feminist working in the non-profit world. I can pay the bills (almost) with my salary but I am not going to die with big bank accounts. However, I sleep well at night believing (whether rightly or wrongly) that I am doing something to make the world a better place.

I once took a $25,000 pay cut (going from a non-profit job to a non-profit job) because I thought the lower paying job would give me more job satisfaction. It did and it was well worth the cost.