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re: 40% Pay Cut.....would you do it? (Updated)

Posted on 9/14/14 at 4:57 pm to
Posted by WPBTiger
Parts Unknown
Member since Nov 2011
31338 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 4:57 pm to
quote:

No
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
17983 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 5:02 pm to
Yes


4 days a week. Off the grid on weekends and 4 weeks a yr of paid leave.
Posted by LoveThatMoney
Who knows where?
Member since Jan 2008
12268 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 5:03 pm to
I would gladly leave New York making $300k there to go to Denver and make $180k.
Posted by bencoleman
RIP 7/19
Member since Feb 2009
37887 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 5:09 pm to
I have already done this, between a stint in jail and failing health I have had to take a job at a fraction of what I made before. I do like my new job but it is a struggle to make it financially, it will all work out I don't have to travel anymore.
Posted by toolpush
Lower Louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
160 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 5:11 pm to
I would do the duffle bag drag and find employment elsewhere.
Posted by wish i was tebow
The Golf Board
Member since Feb 2009
46122 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 5:15 pm to
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If I was Tony Saragusta? Sure... it's not often you get paid to watch football while being fat and Italian.




Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
36133 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 5:18 pm to
If you don't hate your job, not sure why you'd do this.

I've done it before. Switching industries and taking a low paying job, banking on moving up the ranks within a few years (it worked).
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 5:20 pm to
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If you don't hate your job, not sure why you'd do this.

I've done it before. Switching industries and taking a low paying job, banking on moving up the ranks within a few years (it worked).



cool thing about my job is I can commute to/from work and live where I want, commuting can be like a second job though
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97769 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 5:24 pm to
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I have already done this, between a stint in jail and failing health I have had to take a job at a fraction of what I made before. I do like my new job but it is a struggle to make it financially, it will all work out I don't have to travel anymore.

Doesn't sound like that pay cut was voluntary
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
32129 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 5:24 pm to
No.

While I am not all that excited about where I live.....I just don't like my job that much.
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
56158 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 5:33 pm to
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OK. Assuming you don't hate your job, could you keep the same job and move to any location in the US for a 40% pay cut?



this doesn't change much for me...

typically, places that are very nice to live are also very high in cost of living...so taking a 40% paycut to move somewhere with a much higher cost of living would certainly not do it for me...

I am of the belief that I will bust arse and do what ever it takes until retirement, and then I can live where I want and enjoy life...
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 5:39 pm to
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Assuming you don't hate your job, could you keep the same job and move to any location in the US for a 40% pay cut?


I'd actually refuse to move unless I was given a raise of a similar figure. Not that I like it here, but I have too many ties here to uproot. Not an OT Baller, unfortunately, so the cut would decrease quality of life too dramatically.
This post was edited on 9/14/14 at 5:41 pm
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
109630 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 5:47 pm to
With my current pay, probably not, but if I was making a lot, I'd consider it and think through the options.
Posted by Cajun Revolution
Member since Apr 2009
44671 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 5:50 pm to
If a man is going to work, it would be doing him and his family a disservice not to maximize income.

I want my kids going to the best private school. Enjoying new clothes. Having the best I can give.

No way I'm sacrificing that for "happiness". That's for wives and children. It's just selfish.
This post was edited on 9/14/14 at 5:51 pm
Posted by prostyleoffensetime
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2009
11488 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 5:54 pm to
Short answer: No
Long answer: frick No
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
34910 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 5:59 pm to
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Not an OT Baller, unfortunately, so the cut would decrease quality of life too dramatically.








I seriously doubt most of the OT Ballers are really OT Ballers.
Posted by Cajun Revolution
Member since Apr 2009
44671 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 6:00 pm to
What makes an OT baller?
Posted by bencoleman
RIP 7/19
Member since Feb 2009
37887 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 6:03 pm to
quote:

Doesn't sound like that pay cut was voluntary






No it wasn't voluntary but I have to live with it just the same. I can get back into what I was doing before eventually if my health will allow it.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97769 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 6:04 pm to
good question

I'd assume >200k annual income
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 9/14/14 at 6:09 pm to
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I seriously doubt most of the OT Ballers are really OT Ballers.


Which is why they are called OT Ballers and not just ballers.
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