Have you ever stepped down (as far as salary is concerned)?

Question

Did anybody here leave a better paying job for a job with lesser pay?

Why? Because you dont like your boss? You think you hit a dead end and need a position with better opportunities in the future? I'm interested in learning your reasons.

How much did you step down? How much percent of your old salary is your new job (if you wanna keep your salary details private)?

Answer 1

I was a computer programmer for a number of years and right when I was offered a database analyst job at a Fortune 500 company (with a 20% increase in pay), I quit since I had always wanted to be a wilderness guide. Plus I disliked corporate life and helping rich people get richer. My income dropped by 80% but I got to do what I had always wanted to do. It was wonderful.

After a few years I realized it was going to be hard to stay in good enough condition not to get hurt. Plus my car was falling apart, so got a job in computer support that was double what I'd made as a guide. It was ok-I kept getting promotions, and pay increases, since I was overqualified. I ended up a trainer, making more than when I'd been a computer programmer, but I got tired of the traveling and helping the rich get richer, again. So I took a package and left the company.

Didn't have a job or clue what I wanted to do. Took some community college courses and liked the community college system-so took a job that was a drop in pay by 30% from being a trainer-but I loved my job, was helping people who needed it, and didn't have to travel. Kept getting promoted, since again, I was overqualified. Now I am in charge of quite a few programs at a community college, but this time I may actually take a better paying position, instead of starting over, since I like education.

Answer 2

I personally have never left a better paying job for a job with lesser pay. However, I have for a bad boss and a dead end job. wherever you work, I think you should be happy. A bad boss and a dead end job are reasons to move on. If you are even pondering this question, it may be time for you to look elsewhere for employment. Most people hesitate because of money, and they don't feel that they will be able to live off making less money. But, peace of mind is everything. Not wanting to go to work in the morning isn't a great feeling. If money is a big issue for you, consider taking a lateral.

Answer 3

Yes. I was a very successful consultant and I lived in a major southern California city. I required close proximity to an airport to maintain the level of my attention to my clients (who were spread out across the western US and some of the south east states as well). I contracted for a minimum of 50k for12 weeks with each of my clients.

My husband became ill and wanted to relocate to a small village in the Sierra Mountains. Since I was not tied down, we moved.

The closest airport to our new home was at least 90 minutes away, maybe twice that during winter storms. After a few months I realized I loved it here and never wanted to leave so, I found a job in the field I had been consulting in, for one quarter of my previous annual income. I couldn't stand it so I found employment in a completely different field, in a small firm, entry level pay and have been living and working happily ever after.


Of course we have scaled down our lifestyles but are so much more comfortable in our new lives here than in our old and extremely hectic high voltage lives before making the change.

Money is not nearly as important as one has been led to believe and decisions based soley on money, are always wrong.

Answer 4

I as many people have answered took a step down financially. Luckily when I did it, I chose to do it which is probably why it turned out posiitively.

When my son was born I wanted to work closer to home so I started doing technical support for a software company. Since they offered higher pay based on the tests you took I recouped the loss in income within 3 months. Three months after that, I was recruited for a programming position which is what I do now.

Answer 5

I left the entire corporate sector because I had no freedom. It was a joke. Why do employees have to ask for "time" off? Employers do not own time, yet employees ask for it! There are no such things as "better opportunities" when you are an employee.

I started a business that did not pay half as much as I was making, but I was willing to put the time in because of the potential with the business. Most people are not willing to work for themselves like they work for an employer. As such, instead of working for freedom, most people work for money and learn all too late that working for money usually results either in not having enough or having the money and no time to enjoy it.

Now my business is on autopilot and I am free to do what I want to do when I want to do it. The question you have to ask yourself is what do you consider to be important? A good job with benefits and security (no such thing!) or freedom?

Best wishes...

Answer 6

I quit a high paying corporate job to start a small business that paid absolutel nothing for the first year and is now just starting to pay close to what I was making, after 6 years.

After a while the corporate life made me sick and I needed to get out of that world. I was tired of compromising my ethics and never having time for my family.

Answer 7

If both of you are single!!! ask her out on a date. Tell her unless she plans on marrying her boyfriend he does not count as a reason not to go out with you.Tell her you are asking her out because you enjoy her company and you two have so much in common. Once on the date you can kind of get an idea od what her feelings are.And take it from there

Answer 8

Not yet but my friend does. In case like this the company usually have financial problems and you need to look for a new job just to be safe.

Answer 9

Not by choice. Got laid off at $75K, and after a year and a half settled for a job at $60K. It sucked, and still does.

Answer 10

...sir... you're much to vague.... what do you bring to the table of employment... ? what can you offer....? are you good at that you do...? and why...? answer these questions and "step into your dream".....