Would you take a new job for lesser pay?

[Minnesota_husker]

It fully depends. If you are making a career shift to something that has more substantial growth, taking a hit to match up with experience level is normal.

In the IT world, i see this predicament come up a lot for people using old technologies who want to shift to newer ones. Problem is usually the jump can be very extreme, like 25-40% less money, but you might set yourself up for a larger gain/stability in the future.

If i ever leave my job, i will be leaving commission so my base might be better but overall might be a decrease...

I think if you hate your current job and the new one at least gives you a track to get to where you need to, go for it. Job happiness is 10 times more important than most people realize, but you also have bills to pay.

Run the math.. if you can make it work, go for it.

 

[killer cacti]

I have a different situation. I was laid off in June due to outsourcing my job. I think I'm about to lock down a job working from home making about 5k more than I was making before I was laid off.

I'll take it.

Live webcam porn pays that much?

You wouldn't believe what they pay.

 

[Hammerhead]

Personally I don't think I could take a cut for the allure of a higher ceiling, because there's no guarantee that you'll ever reach that ceiling. For the most part I'm happy with what I'm doing now, so I'd have to see a substantial increase up front to make a jump.