A lower-paying job with shorter hours that would give you more vacation time is better than a high-paying job with long hours that would give you less vacation time.
In present-day society, some people value the salary so much, that they will sacrifice their vocation time to gain more money. While others may put enough rest time on a primary position. As I am concerned, I will support those in favor of more vocation time even with lower payment.
Fist of all, more vocation time enables us to relax ourselves completely. Since competence among companies is more and more harshly, resulting in a more stressful life to everyone, knowing how to avoid bad effects that great work stress brings to us is a key to a healthy body. With more vocation time, we can travel to a lot of wonderful places, leaving the masses of work totally behind. For example, looking sun rise on the beach, with sea breeze is a wonderful experience. Also we can do more sports on the plentiful spare time, like basket ball, football, yoga, etc., to help us become healthier and overcome pressure.
Furthermore, more vocation time allows us to spend more time with our families, which strengthen ties with them. Occupied by work we hardly care about our family, which is actually the one of the most important parts in life. If one have enough free time, he would spend more time staying with his mum, watching her favorite soup opera. If one is not busy all the time, he is able to take his kid to Disney theme park. If one own much rest time, he will be happy to take his wife to a fancy restaurant enjoying a candlelight dinner.
In addition to complete relaxation and strengthened ties with family members, more vocation time set us free to pursuit our own interest. No one can deny that interest is equally important or even more important compared to salary. My uncle Jack, for example, who once worked in a big company with high payment but short vocation time, now have changed his job. Although the new one can’t give him a good money, he is very satisfied with it, for that it offers him a lot of vocation time so he can do his favorite writing.
To sum up, a job with more free time, albeit with less salary, is considered a better one which contributes to a healthier and more colorful life.
TOEFL listening lectures: A university science lecture on Island Biogeography