Originally Posted by
UCWerelupe
Personally, I value time over money. I had a job I really enjoyed that was requiring 12 hr days, 7 days a week with really good pay, frequent promotions, and frequent 4 figure bonuses. The work was right up my alley but I just couldn't do it anymore after my kid started crying one day because I couldn't play with him (which was often the case). I was ready to take a 20k base paycut (also no bonuses) to go back to 40-50 hrs at a previous company. Somehow lucked out and got a different job with barely a base pay cut, but also no bonuses, I work 40 hours and couldn't be happier.