Comments on: 12 Cases When a Pay Cut Might Make Sense

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 08:38:31 +0000

2/3 I know it’s probably too late for a reply to matter, but take the cut. Life is here and now. AND you’re talking about marriage… wow.. that’s all about quality of sharing moments…
Take the cut..or hope u did. You will manage or can learn to manage a 12k cut (which might not be 12k if you meant gross).
LIVE LIFE….do it…

By: beth

beth — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:17:22 +0000

is this really true? that you can make a full time living using the internet?

By: beth

beth — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:14:40 +0000

yes…I have had the eye twitching during extreme systems conversions that I have handled solely by myself…unbelievable. After the stress was gone it took a week for it to stop, this has happened twice

By: beth

beth — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:35:29 +0000

This is exactly what I am looking at – currently. I never really liked the place I am working at and have been here for 10 years – due to a continuance of a retirement program. It made sense to stay and I had made my place here and it was tolerable and sometimes pretty darn easy and I make a lot of money – BUT the problem is they do not understand what I do or how much I do because as they say “everything is running fine” yes it is because I take care of everything and like the proverbial science fiction story where there is s substantial disconnect between the machines and how to fix them and the people who use them and say everything is fine…AND they care NOT how these machines run fine – but only that they do – herein lies the problem. Recently I was laid into by management for something that was not my fault – I defended myself but they are scared and want to take it out on someone and so they focus their behavior on me. This has led me to re-evaluate why I would stay. Ironically the SAME DAY this happened a colleague at another agency that I see about once a month in passing, emailed me a job description and said that I was the first person they thought of – at first I believed someone put them up to this…but after discussion I could tell this was not the case at all and the job merely opened on the same day my bad experiences with this company happened! OMG – can you believe the dumb luck of this? This position has never been open before because the benefits are so good that nobody leaves – BUT I will have to take a big pay cut and step down BUT I get to specialize instead of being a jack of all trades and can get rid of the burden of doing 3 positions at my current job. The benefits I believe severely outweigh my unhappiness and because my husband and I are older the extremely good medical/dental plans (everything completely paid for both myself and spouse plus a giant 401k matching of $550 dollars extra per month, plus an additional $500 extra per month for any out of pocket medical expenses for my spouse and myself AND closer to home…I think I am going to apply and get out from under my current employer if possible. I look forward to dumping all of the additional job tasks and focusing on what I am gifted with :Fixing stuff: – my current employer has no idea of the wealth of information in my head about everything I have created and built here and if I am lucky enough to step down and get this position I look forward to two weeks’ notice and walking away and taking all of this experience in my head along with me – I will not be back to help them. And finally they may or may not get to see what I truly have been doing for them as things slowly unwind and break as they always do. But by then it will be too late. I feel blessed ~

By: vikram

vikram — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:14:04 +0000

I am taking a salary cut for an immigration related reason. The process is such that I will get my Green Card earlier ( at least an year earlier) if I move to my previous job where the salary is 15% less. I am moving from a big corporate to a smaller firm. Overall its for a better peace of mind for me and my family as with Green Card my wife can start her career now.

I am undergoing the anxiety now but only time will tell if it was the wise choice.

By: Gina

Gina — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:55:57 +0000

I have the same problem… I am a floor nurse being offered a Infection control nurse position. As a floor nurse I can make more money working long hours,some holidays and some weekends, but I have a lot of flexibility with scheduling, 3, 12 hour shifts versus 5, 8 hours shifts M-F. Floor nursing has more stress and for me is a 45 minute commute. Have not been able to decide but whatever makes more sense for you. Easier said then done right? LOL

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:36:46 +0000

Fair is a four letter word and is loaded…don’t know if you’ve made a decision yet but if you feel you’d be happier as a public health nurse, you are probably right. I work in a leadership position at a hospital (am also a nurse) but the stress is still everpresent. You can always return to hospital nursing if the PHN role doesn’t pan out but it gets harder to take that cut the longer you’ve been working, etc., etc. Good luck.

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:23:56 +0000

I think that you need to sit down and talk to your future husband about it. Money is not everything and if you are starting life together, you will want to spend time together. I think by talking it through together, you can come up with a plan that makes sense for the both of you.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:20:37 +0000

I am having to wrestle with this dilemma myself. I work at a hospital as a staff nurse, days and evenings, weekends, holidays, and it is very stressful but pays well. I’ve been offered a very different opportunity: to be a public health nurse working with a population set that I love. The problem is that I’d have to take a $12,000 pay cut. But I’d only have to work weekends about 4x a year and only a few holidays when my rotation comes around. This could be the weekday 9-5 job I’ve been dreaming about. The problem is I am also trying to start a marriage and family right now. Is it fair of me to take the pay cut when I know the extra money would help us?

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:52:32 +0000

Employers are eating away at our quality of life and family values. No longer are we compensated for the sacrifices we make which include working late hours, missing school/sport events with our children, working holidays and weekend. There used to be a time we were “comp’d” for our services. Working late or giving up weekends and holidays was compensated by comp time or some other incentive. Where is the motivation now?

I never thought I would say this, but I would gladly give up a high salary for a pay cut in exchange for lower gas costs and less commute time (working closer to home) – which could ultimately translate to a better quality of life with my family. We only life once and these years are meant to be spent enjoying life (not working so much we cannot even enjoy it.) The very fibers that hold together our family values are fraying.. is it worth it.