If you took a haircut to change jobs...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know you wrote haircut, right 😏

You clearly do not understand what OP is trying to say. It's a thing.

PP here. I have literally never heard of this

Really stop digging in and google instead. Then apologize to OP for derailing her thread.

[Anonymous]

DP here to say that the stay at home mommy trying to argue about proper payroll terminology is cracking me up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP here to say that the stay at home mommy trying to argue about proper payroll terminology is cracking me up.

Which one, the one that claims haircut is a HUGE pay cut?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know you wrote haircut, right 😏

You clearly do not understand what OP is trying to say. It's a thing.

PP here. I have literally never heard of this

Really stop digging in and google instead. Then apologize to OP for derailing her thread.

Yeah, no. Saying haircut instead of paycut is f-ing stupid

[Anonymous]

Are we talking a pixie or a bob? Or maybe a mullet, in which case you’d be perfectly on trend, as well as ready to party or do business at the drop of a hat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please explain to me how you arrived at this decision. My workplace of 10 years has become unhealthy and has had a lot of turnover lately. I am finding that other jobs are not willing/able to pay me as much as I currently make when you account for bonuses and profit sharing, which are pretty significant. Part this has to do with the fact that I am looking more in the nonprofit sector and smaller companies in hopes for a better quality of life. I would be looking at $30-40k per year haircut from about $240k down to $200k or maybe even a little less. I have young children so money is important and keep telling myself I would be crazy to give up so much money and just try another year, and another year, etc.

Are you in tech? Tech pays so well. Now that i’m in tech i’ll never go back.

[Anonymous]

I did; left tech to a nonprofit. I figured the comp and stability were less guaranteed in tech, and I was interested in the new position so the smallish haircut made sense … and yes that’s a word I’ve heard for years.

So far so good

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please explain to me how you arrived at this decision. My workplace of 10 years has become unhealthy and has had a lot of turnover lately. I am finding that other jobs are not willing/able to pay me as much as I currently make when you account for bonuses and profit sharing, which are pretty significant. Part this has to do with the fact that I am looking more in the nonprofit sector and smaller companies in hopes for a better quality of life. I would be looking at $30-40k per year haircut from about $240k down to $200k or maybe even a little less. I have young children so money is important and keep telling myself I would be crazy to give up so much money and just try another year, and another year, etc.

Are you in tech? Tech pays so well. Now that i’m in tech i’ll never go back.

What was your previous field?

[Anonymous]

Also how did you make the transition to tech? Did you go back to school, do a bootcamp or get any particular certs you have found useful?

I work in procurement but am considering a transition to tech.

[Anonymous]

I wanted my life to look different. It was a post kid decision for me. I was fine with my then work-life balance before kid number one. But after about six months being back to work, I realized I didn’t like how my life looked.

I dropped my earnings to 2/3 of my previous and it took me more than a decade to recoup. No regrets. We adjusted our lifestyle. My new job, where I still work two decades later, has a mission that I am proud to be a part of - which is really important to my satisfaction. But I didn’t know I felt that way when I made the decision to move.

[Anonymous]

Are you a single parent? If not it would not be a huge haircut after tax. I once took a far bigger haircut but it made my life so much better but my husband had a good job. Our income probably went down 20% but we survived and long term is really worked out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know you wrote haircut, right 😏

You clearly do not understand what OP is trying to say. It's a thing.

PP here. I have literally never heard of this

You clearly have never sold anything. Extremely common now nearly a cliche term among sales folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, let me tell you a story ... most people when asked about a low stress job would say, working in a library. That would be an example they would give of very low stress. Apparently at our local public library, the people have found a way to feel stress. Management vs hourly vs volunteer, vs .... I'm not sure all the players. Lots of unrest. Op, do not assume that you will be blessed with what-you-want by surrendering pay. Better to tweak the work/life balance in your own life and change your mindset: let them fire me ('cause I bet they won't). If I'm not doing enough, let them fire me. Work the hours you think reasonable. Do the work you think reasonable. Sounds like you have the longterm//institutional knowledge to know.

I dunno, libraries are on the front line of the homelessness/opioid/childcare crises. Doesn’t seem super low stress to me.

[Anonymous]

I just did this—at a lower level of pay than you, from $180k to $125k—but absolutely no regrets. It got to a point where I was uncomfortable with my kids learning what they were learning about work (and my former workplace specifically). Ending that, and keeping my mental health, became a priority higher than the money.

To me, having the ability to make that judgment call is an element of true wealth.

Doing what you are doing also has a price that may eventually be measured in dollars.

[Anonymous]

Not only did OP take a haircut, but when interest rates rose, the whole tech sector took a bath. And those who are aggressively pursing AI investment are not just blowing smoke.