Looking forward to some nice stories from the community. Some positive, some not so positive - what made you take a pay cut?
I take a pay cut every year due to inflation. Involuntarily, of course.
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Computer science and engineering
Got laid off in 2020 @ 18LPA. Started again in 2021 with 5LPA
Was in a job paying 18LPA(1.1 monthly inhand) last year. Now joined a PSU, getting in hand of 70k+ quarter. Next year it'll be 1.1L inhand post, the probation period
The quality of work is way better now, and WLB is the best. There were days in my previous job wherein I came to my home post 9/10 from the office and just slept skipping dinner. Now, I get time to play Badminton for 1-2 hours and then eat n sleep post office hours
Recently had an unwanted paycut at NTT Data,
I was part of a company which got acquired by NTT Data, Out of the Blues one fine day we got to know our salary had been cut of by upto 24% because of transition.
Oh damn That’s not very nice
What was the company called before it was acquired?
Apisero?
Has anybody taken shifted from a well paid high demanding job to a less demanding job taking a salary cut for getting job satisfaction and work life balance? Would want to know how do you landed up such a job and hows it going so far?
A popular thread here on grapevine had some amazing stories on salary hikes. This thread is for the stories of people who let go of higher pay because of some reason.
Did you ever let go off higher pay offers than your current pay? Re...
Are there folks on the vine who have experienced previous down cycles? Financial crisis of 08-09 or the funding winter in 16-17?
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Biz role
Is it worth taking a pay cut and join PhonePe ?
I have heard culture and people are good at PhonePe but at what price ?
Got hints that I’ll be fired
I presented them with an option of taking a lower level position
The next lower level options top band was 40 percent less than my current pay
I took the demotion given the market and personal circum...
Hey I hope you're all right While the mkt is definitely in downtrend demotion would be difficult for you in long r...
