Do I take this job?

[LostOrFound]

I’ve been offered a job. Senior level, commercial sector. 30% payrise, opportunities for future pay rises/promotion. People seem lovely. I’ve got great experience for the role.

I currently work in a charity. No opportunity for promotion. Toxic leadership, people are leaving droves. I’m demotivated and frustrated.

And yet, and yet…the charity cause is really important to me. At the end of the day we are changing lives, that’s why I’m there, that’s why I put up with it.

Going into a job where the goal is growing the company not making the world a better place just doesn’t inspire me.

Head says take the new job. Heart says stay. What should I do?

YANBU - heart, stay put
YABU - head, take the job

Up to you but someone has to pay your care home fees so make sure you're getting enough pay for your future.

After reading your update, pwrhaps you need to look for another job? One that you are actually interested in and care about the objectives?

Not necessarily charity sector, it perhaps somewhere where you like the company objectives and can get on board with the vision?

You might find you care more about the end game of making money once you’ve moved.
It’s not just money for nothing, you are still working towards a common goal and going on that journey with the people you work with. Ultimately we work to live, I’d go for the money if you don’t like your current role. You may be able to give more to a volunteer charity role when you’re in a less toxic work environment.

Are other charity roles likely to become available? Could you hold out for one or go for one again in the future?

I guess it’s great to feel that sense of responsibility towards the world. But a toxic environment will burn you out and then you won’t want to work there anyway. I’d take the job and try to find another way you can do good in the world. A way that means you don’t feel like you’ve sold out, as it were, into a soulless job.

Honestly as commercial organisations go this is a good one, and I will care about the quality of the work we do.

It’s an agency environment and I’ve done similar work before and I do care about winning projects and producing a great product and delighting clients.

Getting a trustee role isn’t a bad idea, have been looking into that anyway, lots of the successful people in my field have a trustee position on top of the day job.

I think you won’t be much good to the charity if your MH destroyed - take the new job and consider other ways of helping the causes you cate about.

Oops - if your MH is destroyed!

I get where you're coming from OP. I've also always worked in the charitable sector and don't know how/if I could make the change.

Would it be helpful to focus on the other good things that commercial companies achieve aside from just making money? They provide employment (I think we often don't make enough of that being a good thing on its own), provide opportunities for pension funds to invest in their shares etc

Women end up in misery and poverty by taking nicey nice jobs in caring industries. Take the real job. Conditions will never change in caring while people tolerate it.

You can't give up your life for a miserable job. You owe them nothing.

@Thirkettle

Women end up in misery and poverty by taking nicey nice jobs in caring industries. Take the real job. Conditions will never change in caring while people tolerate it.

You can't give up your life for a miserable job. You owe them nothing.

Caring jobs, charity jobs, nice jobs are all ‘real’ jobs. Where exactly had the OP said this job is leaving her in poverty?