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Should I choose a job I like but is freelance and unstable, or a job I will hate but with full benefits?

I am right now in a situation where I have to choose between 2 jobs with the same salary. Current situation: I live in Canada (saying this because of the benefits... we do have free healthcare, but dental and eye care aren't free), I'm a 27-year-old married female with poor health, and I have a 1-year emergency fund. Husband is still a student, works during summer and is on E.I. the rest of the year. *Call center job* PROS: - Full insurance coverage effective on 1st day of training, and I'm having dental problems right now. - Full time guaranteed. - Paid sick days - Modern, good looking office. - Taxes and employment insurance premiums deducted from paycheck - Discounts on interest rates, which might be a plus when we are ready to buy a house CONS: - Very strict. Timed bathroom breaks. Everything is stats, stats, stats. - Having to work on evenings, week-ends and holidays, including Christmas (not this year, as I will be on training, but the years to come, and it might be problematic if we have kids) - Angry, difficult, stupid customers, who sometimes raise their voice, insult me, etc. - Having to talk on the phone non-stop 8 hours a day. At my last call center job, I was having tonsillitis 3 times a year because of that. - Intensive training with lots of new things to learn. - Longer commute. - Dress code. *Curent job* PROS: - Not strict, I manage my time, go to the bathroom when I want, go online to relax for a bit, etc. as long as my work is done. - Variety in tasks. Some phone work, but not all day long. - Possibility to have work in my field soon (writing/translating). - 9-to-5 Monday to Friday. - Customers are business people so they are rarely mean or stupid, and never raise their voice. - Friendly people, including one I've known for 10 years and is kind of my mentor. - Easier commute. - Free coffee. - No dress code. CONS: - Unstable, freelance work. Goes on a contract and project basis. There might be extended periods without work, and I'm going through one right now. - No E.I. premiums deducted from paycheck, so I have to live off savings when there is no work. - No insurance. - No paid sick days. - Taxes and other deductions are not deducted from my paycheck, I have to set it aside myself and it asks for a lot of personal discipline. - Such a small company has no training per se, I will have to learn my new responsibilities by myself and risk making mistakes. - No microwave oven and close to a mall with a food court, so often tempted to spend more than I should for lunch. --- What should I do?

Public Comments

1. Take the job you like! You are NEVER going to regret doing what you love-- but you'll look back at your days at the job you hated and wonder why you didn't leave sooner (no matter how soon you leave).
2. in this tough economy you want something stable but also something that you love to do! im not a professional or anything but i would take the job that you like the most and that you know you will like to do.
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