Jump ship or not?

[Weatherwax134]

I'm currently in quite a stressful but stable job and my wage is OK (nothing special). There is scope for me to move up and, if I do make the leap to the next level, the money is quite good- but the role would still be very stressful, and there's not much room at the top for another couple of years.

However, I've just been asked if I'd like to interview for a different job which would be much less stressful and I'd be mostly working from home. There is a bit of a pay rise from where I currently am, but it's not as lucrative long term as my current setting. The job sounds great and I'm really passionate about it, however, I'd be working for a charity so the role is not as stable as my current one, this is leading to my DH and I wondering whether to jump ship or not- so I thought an old-fashioned poll was the way to go!

YABU: Jump ship to a less stressful but less stable job
YANBU: Stay where you are and try and move up instead

Absolutely jump ship. Life is too short to stay in a job where you are stressed and "bumbling along".

The people on here know much less about your situation and potential employment than you do, so I would take any advice with a pinch of salt.

Don't worry, I'm just taking a general temperature out of interest- how many people would leave the safe and secure, and take a risk on something new :)

I selected rhe stay put option, because most jobs come with an element of stress at some point. Current economic climate isn't great and I personally would find the decreased job stability to be more stressful than the stress from my job.

That said, I have no idea what your current job is and how much stress you are experiencing. So you really need to go with your gut I think. If your current job is negatively impacting your quality of life and you have savings to buffer you if the charity job falls through then it might be worth going for it.

Either way all the best! Hope whatever decision you make serves you well.

I love to imagine posters just blindly driving into the sea following MN advice like a 2012-era sat-nav sometimes, based on these sorts of comments. I mean... surely no responsible adult just goes off and does what some randoms online say to do, without doing some thinking? Surely? Does it really need saying so often on so many threads?