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Do you agree or disagree that having a high salary is more important than enjoying your job? Explain why.

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I don’t know one person who doesn’t want or need more money. Whether it’s for a new car, a holiday or just to pay off those credit cards – people would always appreciate some extra pennies in their pockets. However, is having a job that pays really well but stresses you out really the key to long term overall happiness? It’s an age old question, and everyone is different. The term ‘happiness’ is defined in many different ways by various people. To some, happiness is simply having a roof over your head and food on your table. To others, happiness comes with having nice things such as technology, nice clothes, cars etc. To afford the finer things in life, we usually want a high salary – but at what point does job satisfaction take a back seat to accommodate for a mammoth salary? And is it possible to have the best of both worlds? Various factors come into the debate of job satisfaction vs high salary. At first, the answer to overall happiness seems to be fairly obvious: Get a job that you love and work your way up to earning a lot. However, there are other factors to consider. For example, what stage are you at currently in your life? If you don’t have responsibilities back at home such as children then you might be more open to working long hours for a high earning job. If you’ve just moved in with your partner you’re going to want to spend more time at home considering how much you’ll be spending on bills and rent/mortgage. Another factor to consider is where you work. In cities like London, Paris and New York, a five to six-figure salary will be enough to cover the cost of living. After putting away savings, paying bills and other costs – how much do you have left over to spend on yourself? And is this an amount you’d be happy with? We spend approximately a third of our lives at work. We want to be happy while we’re there. If you can’t seem to get yourself out of bed in the morning because you dread the job so much, generally speaking it’s not going to get much better further down the road. Everyone has both ups and downs in their jobs – but if you’re having more downs than ups, is the higher salary actually worth it? As Jim Blasingame says on Forbes, “If you can’t be happy without money and [material] stuff, you aren’t likely to be happy with it”. This is speaking with the assumption that a higher paying salary means misery – it really doesn’t. A lot of people who have higher salaries can’t get enough of their jobs. Age is another element of the job satisfaction vs. high salary debate. Stereotypically speaking, if you’re younger then you’re more likely to tolerate working more hours for slightly less money with the hope of career advancement on the cards and general job satisfaction. If you have a job with a good amount of accountability then you deserve the higher wage. What actually is ‘job satisfaction’? Things such as progression and career advancement, good training, great colleagues, decent perks and job security all come under that ‘satisfaction’ umbrella. Happiness tends to be achieved depending on the attitude of the person seeking it. If you can go to work and laugh, have fun and find joy in the work you do, then you have basic career happiness right there. If you’re emotionally suffering at your job every day, then no amount of money in the world will ever make you content.
I don’t know one person who doesn’t
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people
would always appreciate
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extra pennies in their pockets.
However
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having
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that pays
really
well
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stresses
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really
the key to long term
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question, and everyone is
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. The term
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‘happiness’
is defined
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different
ways by various
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people
. To
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,
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is
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a roof over your head and food on your table. To others,
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comes
with
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nice things such as technology, nice clothes, cars etc.
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To
afford the finer things in life, we
usually
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a
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salary
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at what point does
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take a back seat to accommodate for a mammoth
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salary
? And is it possible to have the best of both worlds?

Various factors
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come
into the debate of
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job
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satisfaction
vs
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high
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salary
. At
first
, the answer to
overall
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happiness
seems to be
fairly
obvious:
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a
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job
that you
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love
and
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work
your way up to earning a lot.
However
, there are other factors to consider.
For example
, what stage are you at
currently
in your life? If you don’t have responsibilities back at home such as children then you might be more open to working long hours for a
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high
earning
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job
. If you’ve
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just
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moved
in with your partner you’re going to
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want
to spend more time at home considering how
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much
you’ll be spending on bills and rent/mortgage. Another factor to consider is where you
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work
. In cities like London, Paris and New York, a five to six-figure
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salary
will be
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enough
to cover the cost of living. After putting away savings, paying bills and other costs
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–
how
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much
do you have
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left
over to spend on yourself? And is this an amount you’d be
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happy
with?

We spend approximately a third of our
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lives
at
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work
. We
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want
to be
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happy
while we’re there. If you can’t seem to
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get
yourself out of bed in the morning
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because
you dread the
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job
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so
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much
,
generally
speaking it’s not going to
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get
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much
better
further
down the road. Everyone has both ups and downs in their
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jobs
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–
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but
if you’re
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having
more downs than ups, is the higher
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salary
actually worth it? As Jim
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Blasingame
says on Forbes, “If you can’t be
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happy
without
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money
and [material] stuff, you aren’t likely to be
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happy
with it”. This is speaking with the assumption that a higher paying
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salary
means misery
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it
really
doesn’t.
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people
who have higher
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can’t
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enough
of their jobs.

Age is another element of the
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job
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satisfaction
vs.
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high
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salary
debate.
Stereotypically
speaking, if
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you’re
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younger then
you’re more likely to tolerate working more hours for
slightly
less
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money
with the hope of career advancement on the cards and general
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job
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satisfaction
. If you have a
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job
with a
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good
amount of accountability then you deserve the higher wage. What actually is
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‘job
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satisfaction’
? Things such as progression and career advancement,
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good
training, great colleagues, decent perks and
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job
security all
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come
under that
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‘satisfaction’
umbrella.

Happiness tends to
be achieved
depending on the attitude of the person seeking it. If you can go to
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work
and laugh, have fun and find joy in the
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work
you do, then you have basic career
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happiness
right there. If you’re
emotionally
suffering at your
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job
every day, then no amount of
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money
in the world will ever
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make
you content.
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IELTS essay that having a high salary is more important than enjoying your job? Explain why.

Essay
  American English
6 paragraphs
605 words
5.5
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 5.5
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Grammatical Range: 5.5
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Task Achievement: 6.0
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