Self Scheduling VS. Rotation, & County VS. Private Hospital Job

[nursynurseRN]

OK here is the dilemma,

I have 2 jobs, 1 i have been for over 12 years and have moved up, the second is 6 months new. The NEW JOB: is a county, unionized job, better pay, better benfits, close to home, more room to move, but your are on a rotation every other week different days, hard to get days off, harder physical work because they are so short staffed, much more disorganized, working with many interns and student MD's. The old hospital is private 35 miles awa from home, less pay, less room to move up, work is easy because you get a CNA with each patient, self scheduling, easy to get a day off, non union, easy to get a vacation. So now I have two jobs and want to quit one. which one do I leave? The comfortable one where i can do as I please or the one that will benefit me in the long run? I am 32 years old and not too worried about retirement, but many people I have spoken to about this feel that I should work now play later, instead of play now and work forever??? What is you opinion?

[NicuGal, MSN, RN]

You have to look at what you think you can tolerate. Is the first place going to be too rigid for your life needs? Are you going to be able to put money into retirement funds with the second one, or do you want PERS? I've worked county for all my years, but we have good scheduling, vacations are a bugaboo because of the size staff we have, we have downsized where we work and we do more with less ancillary help. But, I have good retirement and can retire if I so desire at the age of 51 :)

[nursynurseRN]

The county job seems to be the less fliexible one..... the private hospital let's me do as I please. The county has better retirement and more flexibility to up seems like. Exactly I want to retire asap too..... what would you do?

[BayRNBSN]

I'm curious to know what you decided on. I am currently in the same position