To ask - would you leave a job you love for more money?

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I love what I do in terms of the job, but there is no career progression or training. The money is also pretty rubbish and the management is crap, but I have some great friends. It's also flexible so I can start and leave when I please.

But I may have the opportunity to leave for another job which has an £8k pay rise (with potential for more), plus training and progression opportunities. It would give me a higher job title and be a great step up the career ladder.

But it's always a risk to leave a job and I'm worried I'll regret losing the flexible job and my current friends.

Would you stay or go? For background, I'm 30, no kids but I have a mortgage etc

Go. You’ll make new friends

Absolutely not but that’s just me

Your current work friends might all resign next month. Take the new job.

If they're real friendships then they'll continue regardless of your employment. If you simply mean positive working relationships then you can build them anywhere.

Staying in a job with poor pay, poor progression, and poor management purely because you like your colleagues possibly isn't the best idea. Colleagues move on and then all you have is a crappy job.

Your current friends might all leave.

For me the important thing would be what you do (would do) in both jobs day to day. It’s true friends can be made anywhere. But you also say you love what you do. Do you think you would feel the same in the other job? I changed careers a few years ago, for similar reasons. I was so bored. I won’t go into detail but I found myself clock watching every minute of every day. It was absolutely soul destroying so I left and went back to my old career. It’s not perfect but I cannot stand being bored. Flexibility does count for a lot and you will miss it for sure. But the money may make up for that.

In your situation yes I would leave.

Yes, there's every reason to expect you'll love the new job and the new people too.

Your current work friends might be doing the same too (applying for other jobs). Is the new job also doing something you love?

go, your friends will end up leaving too at some point !

I did exactly that.

I had a job I loved, was excited to get up for but my circumstances changed and I either needed a rise in pay or a job more flexible for my kids.

A role came up in an old company for approximately 6k more plus bonuses with lots of room for progression and flexibility to work my chosen hours.

I left for my kids and the wage rise. I like what I do but I don't love it.

It's about what's more important to you. I really enjoyed my last job but the increase in pay and effectively better quality of life for my family.

I miss it incredibly but I don't regret leaving.

There will always be reasons to stay but it sounds like there are for more reasons to go. Don't stay because of your colleagues. Two coworkers of mine who are very close friends have resigned in the past month. It's not a good reason to hold yourself back in your career. I'm sure you'll make new friends at your next job.

absolutely. You have your entire career ahead of you, you don't want to spend it in a dead end job getting paid a crap salary.

Absolutely. If you end up not liking it you can always move upwards and onwards after a year or so.

I just have. But I am hopeful I will love the new job just as much if not more. Colleagues leave and teams change. If they are real friends you will stay in touch.

I've recently done just this. Absolutely no regrets!

I've done this and I'm not regretting it. I liked my old job. I also like my new job. Bonus is that I earn about 15k more per year now and that I have fewer meetings to go to. My pay also increases year on year and I get support with further training and responsibilities.

Yes, I’d be thinking of the extras I could have and the boost to my savings if single. Now I’d be thinking of what extra it will mean for my children and their futures.
If they are true friends you’ll keep in touch anyway.

100%. My friends don't pay my mortgage and if they're real friends we'd stay in touch anyway.