Work Unhappy or Move On?

dunnowhat2type asks: "I grew up around a big city (suburbs of NY) and went to college in a relatively different area (upstate NY). After graduating last May, I took a job in the area where I went to college. I started in July, and was given a relocation package contingent on me staying for a year. Since August, I haven't been happy with the area I have been living in and have actively been pursuing employment back in the city. What am I better off doing: Is it better to be miserable with money, work experience, and health insurance; or going home and being happy, but unemployed?" In January, the program I was working on got cancelled and my manager didn't want to commit me to something long-term, with the knowledge that I didn't plan on staying more than six months. He made me a time-based offer (probably expiring soon) that he'd take every effort to get the relocation payback waived if I were to resign, find an internal transfer, or another job. I had a couple of interviews a month ago, but nothing else has happened, and this uncertainty (with the pressure of having to make this decision) has made the last two weeks really hellish."

Comments

Re:my take

[Anonymous Coward]

There is nothing more pathetic than 20somethings who are still trying to "find themselves" and at a quandary as to how to handle life. I have no sympathy for the pussies. I've known teenagers who had to fight for everything they ever got in life and didn't have the time or self indulgences to waste away through several college years boozing only to return later on and whine about how hard life is and how unhappy working for a living is.

The short answer to the kid is life sucks and it's hard and you need to grow up and stop being a pussy.

Re:Life is short.

[cyphercell]

OFFTOPIC, but funny

Who meta-moderates the meta-moderators?

They are the "macro/micro moderators" they are well versed in modonomics and fiat intellectualism. Some say the card house of fiat intellectualism will fall as it is truly a paperless based currency that only carries the value a mindless mob gives it. People of this ilk are inclined to say that the former gray matter and credential based intellectualism was far more practical as noted experts had actually previously been proven to be smart. Modonomics however, holds that the credential based intellectual currency doesn't hold up. Mainly because the smarter you the more you are outnumbered by people that are dumb. This in itself is proof that the credentialed intellectuals were actually stupid for trying to argue with a large reactive mob, in fact when carrying this theory to conclusion it can be shown that the more credentials and gray matter someone has the dumber they are, as they are constantly arguing with a larger an larger group of people. The credentialed intellectuals have unanimously agreed that this is stupid, at which point the Modonomists exclaimed "precisely, we are happy to see that you see things our way and we can now continue making expert opinions up by popular vote". At this point the credentialed intellectuals were enraged and challenged these "Modonomists" to an intellectual contest. Unfortunately, the intellectuals typically know nothing about the 11th episode of survivor, who anna nicole smith is nor how she died, and these poor credentialed intellectuals couldn't unanimously answer "sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you ________", once the contest was over the large gray matter carrying homo sapiens were found to be cosmetically offensive. They were then sentenced to have their brains sucked out and implanted into their biceps, chest, lips, and ass as appropriate for gender and the new plasticized beauty standard. Fortunately, they are now capable of breeding with much of the regular populace now that they are more suited for holding meaningful conversations about Thursday night television and how fat and unattractive their neighbors are.