Poll of the Day > How much of a pay cut are you willing to take for an easier job?

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I recently took about a 20,000 cut in my annual pay to go to a much easier job. No more back breaking work, no more stress, etc...

I know most people wouldn't take such a drastic cut to their pay, but what about you?
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I don't need money. I do jobs I like to kill time.
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Took a 14k one and never regretted it
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If I get this security job I applied for Ill have an answer.

Eh... at this point I cant really take a pay cut.
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I made (with mandatory overtime) about 20k more than I'm making at my current job. I'd take another 20k cut if there was an easier jib that was just as interesting.

All of it
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I'd actually prefer a job that stretches me a little more, to be honest.
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i took that cut and am sitting at home unemployed
but even if I didn't things would still be the same
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Took a 40k paycut (110k to 70k) to get off the road so much so I could be home with my kids. Maybe when they're older I'll go after that money again but for now it's the right move and I'm happy.
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My job isn't necessarily "easy" per se, like in a cognitive sense, but being virtually zero-stress and zero-pressure it's hard to imagine what an easier job that's worth any kind of pay cut looks like. It would almost have to be literally getting paid to go about my day doing whatever I would do in my free time.

I can ride disability for more than half of what I make at my current job. Thinking about doing that and then moving into a low-income apartment. Zero stress and doing what I want to do every day versus all the stress and working. Plus, I can do that overseas. The only socialism I care for.
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I'm not sure how it could get easier unless I got paid to do nothing
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zebatov posted...

I can ride disability for more than half of what I make at my current job. Thinking about doing that and then moving into a low-income apartment. Zero stress and doing what I want to do every day versus all the stress and working. Plus, I can do that overseas. The only socialism I care for.

Oh please teach me your ways. Heck, if I could go on disability for my major depression and anexitiy I would..

None, I want less hours but not at less money.
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None. As my current job isn't hard. And because I can't take a cut. I actually need more money...
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LinkPizza posted...

None. As my current job isn't hard. And because I can't take a cut. I actually need more money...

Same.


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Usually you get a pay bump the easier your job is. To the more laborious you're probably making aroumd or above minimum wage anyway.

At this point as long as rent/food are paid I'm ready to leave
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At my job I refused a 50 cent raise that was a lateral move but a much shittier position

So 50 cents
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The job I quit made everybody take a pay cut while dramatically increasing responsibilities. They wanted people fresh out of high school to handle multinational corporate telecommunications support for $10 an hour, with no raises, vapor bonuses thanks to an eternally moving goalpost, and the ability to get fired for HR screwing up manager-approved paid vacation.
If I had taken a $20k pay cut, I would have made more money selling used phone screen protectors on ebay.
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Zangulus posted...

I have a single 1 day quit caveat that my wife understands and agrees with: If they ever attempt to make me take a pay cut. Im paid what I am because its what Im worth. They know they cant hire someone off the street to replace me. That doesnt mean they cant, but it isnt that easy.

My last company actually did pull that bullshit with people, but not me.

Good on the both of you. It's easier to fight against company abuse when you're not doing it by your lonesome.
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dedbus posted...

Usually you get a pay bump the easier your job is. To the more laborious you're probably making aroumd or above minimum wage anyway.

It really depends on the type of work. Like over here, the shittier the job is, the more it's likely to pay because no one wants to do those jobs.

Like I was making about 100k at my last job, but the work was really fucking shitty and most people didn't last long because of the shittiness.
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ASlaveObeys posted...

I made (with mandatory overtime) about 20k more than I'm making at my current job. I'd take another 20k cut if there was an easier jib that was just as interesting.

What do you do now? Didn't you used to be an EMT or something?
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Also I would take like a 25k cut for a job if it had very little stress or something I was more interested in. But my current job isn't so bad right now.
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AnnoyedCops posted...

ASlaveObeys posted...

I made (with mandatory overtime) about 20k more than I'm making at my current job. I'd take another 20k cut if there was an easier jib that was just as interesting.

What do you do now? Didn't you used to be an EMT or something?

Jack has had like a million jobs...
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