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I took a job at one salary, then discovered that it had been lowered by $16K when I went to fill out the paperwork. It was too late for me to do anything about it. I tried to no avail.

Then, once I was on the job, a former manager who is a dear friend of mine became apoplectic when he learned how much I'd been brought on for. The original offer was a low ball, but to lower it still absolutely enraged him.

The only thing I can do now is apply for a position opening in December/January with the same institution.

I can only shrug it off. I'd been unemployed for long enough that I couldn't have said no even if the lower salary had been given up-front. I have an extraordinary amount of freedom with this position, so I'm choosing to see this in a positive light. I have to give so much less of myself in this position. It's as if I'm getting a (low) full-time salary for a part-time position. I'm available to my children when they get out of school each day and the commute is ridiculously easy; just a few blocks from home.

With regard to the benefits and having gotten in to a system that allows for considerable upward mobility, I am at peace with what happened.

Do your own calculations and see how this may or may not be a good fit. Will it put you in a better position in the future? Is it radically less demanding that a job that paid more would? Can you live with it? Only you can answer these questions.

Good luck in figuring this out.
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