Happened in my company in one of the recessions, topped with a few percentages of decreased salary. What finally broke me and triggered looking for my way out

Happened in my company in one of the recessions, topped with a few percentages of decreased salary. What finally broke me and triggered looking for my way out was actually the following year- business were back to normal but in a big company meeting it became clear that only management will get compensated for the lost salary and we have to continue with the lowered one