Here's another interesting comment to my post When It Pays to Take a Pay Cut:
I took a pay cut a year and a half ago. I had many reasons for doing this: better work environment, less corporate, more exciting projects, more ambitious coworkers. All of these things have made my new job better. I still don't quite make the salary that I left, but I'm within $500 of it now. I figure I could have made more and I would have gotten bigger raises at the other job, but I got to the point that I hated going, and didn't feel like I was working to my full potential. Now, I look forward to going to work and I really love the work I'm doing. My coworkers are all motivated to do their best and my bosses love what they do too. The overall environment is happier and more meaningful.
On a side note, the day I started my job, with a $2500 pay cut my husband got a very unexpected raise of $2800!
A couple thoughts:
1. A ba-zillion people (many reading this) are trapped in a job/company they hate because they make too much money and/or regularly spend their entire salaries (and then some) and can't afford to move to a more fulfilling but lower paying job. It's a terrible position to be in.
2. Looks like this reader had the best of both worlds -- got a job she loved and their household income actually increased a bit (due to the husband's raise). If only everyone else could count on that happening...
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