From my decision-making process, the $297 is a detail. Heck, if it was $1000 and you had it in your pocket, it would still be a detail. Don't make career decisions because of the details.
What are your life goals? What makes you tick? What puts a smile on your face and makes people around you take notice that you're loving life--including at work? Is it the IT work that you're currently doing? Or being a handyman? Or being a salesperson (real estate)? Or being a small business owner? You can earn a living doing any of these--plenty of people do each of these every day and live successful lives and supporting good families.
A lot of folks on the forum treat a job as a means to an end--to quit the "mandatory job" as soon as possible at all costs. And the job is almost irrelevant as long as the paycheck is sufficient. This is similar to a blue-collar worker changing factories for $1.50 more per hour. Little thought is given about the intangibles of the job and the company--just the final paycheck and what that paycheck will buy (on this forum, the big purchase of interest is flexible time in the nearest future possible).
A better plan that I suggest--find out what your life purpose is, see how your career choice fits in that purpose, work hard at whatever job you choose, spend your earnings wisely, save as best you can, and walk away when the time is right. Then every single year will be enjoyable, whether you're balancing a steady job before retirement or reading newspapers at 10:30 on Tuesday mornings afterwards. Whether you're 37 and walking out or 52 and still working, if what you're doing fits your goals, then you will be successful, and that success will be evident to the important people in your life.
Cheers and good luck with your decision.