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[quote=Anonymous]I did. I was at a job I was mostly happy with the work but the leadership was making poor decisions and about half of the staff I worked with were awful people. The remaining staff (including me) were getting demoralized. I was willing to take a pay cut but wanted to make sure I would be happy at my new job if I did. I looked for 3 years before leaving to me current job.

I was making $185+$20k bonus. I took a job making $165k. My old job offered to increase to $250k and a promotion if I stayed. That was tempting and DH and I had a long talk about it before I went ahead and took the new job. The gist of it was that I was miserable and complaining all the time and that my complaint at my old job was not the money, it was tbe environment. I would still have the same complaints and unhappiness, even if the money was better.

That was five years ago and I’m up to $200K this year, so still not as much as I would have had if I stayed. I’m still so glad I left. I am very happy with my new colleagues and find the work more rewarding. I have new complaints about my organization, but generally really happy with my job. I don’t come home stressed from work.

I’m in touch with my old colleagues and they are still complaining about the same sh!t I hated when I was there. They money is not worth it to me - once you have enough, the extra stress is not worth it. [/quote]

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