If I was unemployed I would be willing to go from low 6 figures to low 5 figures.
I already have a budget plan that posits a $35K salary — I would be OK (I have pretty much no debt) but would have to give up some fun stuff.
But the idea of “sacrifice” is almost Un-american these days. I have tube TVs that are around 15 years old (bought after the Northridge Quake killed all my older TVs). Appliances I have replaced only when the old ones finally expired (25 years +/-).
If you do good budgeting, you can live on a very slim paycheck.
I an ready for it, but most importantly, I keep my “tool kit” extra sharp — I am in great demand in my field and should my company (one of the largest in the world) go under, I have 20 or 30 companies and institutions that would hire me at around what I make now. Networking reaps rewards my friend.
$35k lol. You realize how hard it is to find something at that rate now? And it can be even harder to find something for less when you factor in ‘overqualified’ and illegals sucking up the low end of the market.
You’re living in some fantasy world where $35k is easily obtainable. Sure there may be job ‘listings’ out there, but a lot of it is fake as hell too. No real jobs there and if there is, 50 people trying to get that one or more.