Comments on: Would You Take a Better Job for a Lower Salary?

By: Nina

Nina — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:03:21 +0000

I have a very stressful job. I want to go back to my old job but it would be 300.00 less a month. My house and car are paid for and I have a comfortable nest egg. What do you think?

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:54:01 +0000

I’ve done it before and it ended up being a much better deal in the long-run. Short term, it was definitely a pay cut, but I’ve made up for that now, plus I have a lot of other benefits I didn’t have at my previous job.

Would I do it again? I’d consider it, but it would take a lot for me to leave my current job. It would depend on our current financial state at the time, the hours, the benefits, and how it fit with our current life plans. You know, the usual stuff

By: Marcia

Marcia — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:44:04 +0000

Yep. I start in two weeks. Mostly, the new job is with people I like, it’s part-time. It has more room for advancement. I hope it all works out for the best.

It’s a small annual pay cut ($900) for a full-time position. The benefits aren’t as good (including vacation). The biggest pay cut comes from the fact that I am currently paid hourly, and the new job will be salary. So I get paid for 30 hours, even if I work 32. (More incentive to work efficiently.)

The old job told me I had to go back to 40+. I said no thanks.

By: Shadox

Shadox — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:04:09 +0000

4% is not that much of a pay cut. To get a job with better long term prospects, more interest or less stress that is a price well worth paying!

By: Curmudgeon

Curmudgeon — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:30:44 +0000

Four percent is a small price to pay to lose the pager!

By: MITBeta @ Don't Feed The Alligators

MITBeta @ Don't Feed The Alligators — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:29:23 +0000

I have gone one step further: I left a highly paying job with no other work lined up or on the horizon precisely because it was an awful work environment and too stressful. I now have a job that pays decently, but not nearly as well as my former job, but it’s a job I love.

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By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:43:56 +0000

A few years back I took a better job for less money, $10K less to be exact. And you know what? Being in a better enviornment and a more interesting position I exceled at my job and was promoted and ended up making $26K MORE then my old job in less then two years. So I’d say that as long as the pay cut will not put you and your family into financial jepordy, take the better job.