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How often do you actually see people go „oh we have enough, we’re going to take lower paying jobs”? People work these jobs regardless of their partner's income.
by exitb 2y ago
How often do you actually see people go „oh we have enough, we’re going to take lower paying jobs”? People work these jobs regardless of their partner's income.
- sojournerc 2y agoI recently switched from a 15 year programming career to becoming an apprentice woodworker at an architectural millwork shop, and I could do it because I have a partner with income that can support us both. Might not be often, but it certainly happens
- __s 2y agoMy father took a 1 dollar pay cut from 16 CAD/hour to 15 CAD/hour. Working in furniture repair he wanted to transfer from house calls (driving everyday) to in-shop repairs My mother's a secretary (they call them administrative assistants now to be correct). She could advance her career by becoming a clerk, which mostly does more of the same, only more. Instead she's happy where she's at I used to work for Microsoft. I left for a startup (peerdb) & while my pay didn't go down, that meant leaving behind >50k USD in unvested stocks & my salary growth at Microsoft was pretty fast (hired as junior in 2019, was one promo away from principal when I left in 2023) which I don't expect a startup environment to match
- vsnf 2y ago> Junior in 2019, was one promo away from principal when I left in 2023 I'm broadly unfamiliar with Microsoft's promotion culture, but this strikes me as incredible. But in the "something seems incorrect" sense of the word. Were you hired at an incorrectly low level, were you a one-in-a-million talent, or is there huge title inflation at Microsoft now?
- __s 2y agoIncorrectly low level (tho I'd like to think I'm uniquely talented too) Had ~10 years of experience working at small companies (pointerware, mldsolutions) after dropping out of college (had internship with pointeware where I correctly guessed they'd hire me if I dropped out). Interviewed at Citus a week before they announced being acquired, got shooed in. Junior pay at MS was still 2x salary increase
- makeitdouble 2y agoThat choice happens all the time, it's wild to me you never had it come up irl. It's really clear when someone is invited to step up in their job and refuse because it would entice more working hours, but it happen as much when people leave full time position because it doesn't give them enough time.
- giantg2 2y agoMany promotions are actually pay rate cuts for salaried jobs. My job wanted me to work a 13% hour increase for a 7% raise.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoYup. About two months into this job, they offered me a promotion since "you would be perfect for this position." I looked at the schedules of the people who also had that job and they were booked solid all week. It was pretty obvious to me that it would be basically 40+ hours/week of meetings and tons of stress for pretty much the same pay. The bonuses were probably higher, but nothing about it was worthwhile. Yeah, I like money but you'd probably have to double my salary for me to even think about it. Had two successive managers suggest the job to me. After about a year, the newest one finally took the hint and left me alone.
- exitb 2y agoProbably not that wild - we may live in different bubbles.
- resource_waste 2y agoI did this when I switched from Real Engineering to Programming. Took a 40k/yr paycut, but I knew my income after the experience would be higher.
- jajko 2y agoI am planning to switch to 90% allocation from next year, which effectively means cca 50 days yearly of paud vacation. We have 4 mortgages on 2 properties, by no means we have 'enough' (whatever that means). QOL is for me by far of important metric, especially with kids.