There's always a bad side of almost every job in aviation. I've done ALL of them. From flying corpses, cancelled checks, flight instruction, airlines, part 135, ferrying aircraft, ect,
Airlines are the best jobs out there, then you go down the scale, drawbacks in every job, night flying , wait time, flying junk, duty times, rest times, ect. A notch down from an airline gig without commuting, and you have to pick your poison. How do you want to suffer??? I'd kick night flying off, then commuting, then.... well you don't want to know. So, you guys have to pick how you want to suffer aside from an airline gig. If you're doing a 7on and 7 off gig at a decent fractional company, and you're not commuting, I'd say it's a good job. Compensation is only part of the total package.