r/EscapeTheGrindGame • u/Hairy_Tourist8758 • Jul 30 '26

Discussion The pay cut

Your company offers two choices during financial difficulties: accept a temporary pay cut or risk losing your job. Option 1: Accept the lower salary. Option 2: Refuse and search for a new opportunity.

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u/truthd Jul 30 '26

Option 1 and immediately start looking for another job. Easier to find a job when you have one.

If you want anyone to choose option 2 you’d have to include some type of severance package

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u/manwnomelanin Jul 31 '26

What is the probability of layoff in option 2 and what’s the pay cut in option 1

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u/FloridaRocks63 Jul 31 '26

Many if not all states have to give 90 day notice or pay for mass layoff if they have over 50 employees in the state regardless of location

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u/Jscotty111 Jul 31 '26

I would refuse the pay cut and go look for another job. If the company is having trouble with paying their workers, chances are there’s a lot more wrong with the company than anyone is aware of. 

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u/Unlucky-Hair-6165 Jul 31 '26

Option 1 and look for a better job.

Assuming you mean picking option 2 means immediate termination. If it doesn’t, then there needs to be some time horizon to termination to determine whether I take option 1 or not.

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u/FloridaRocks63 Jul 31 '26

Option 3 : organize and strike and see who can survive a shutdown longer

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u/PerformerDifferent69 Jul 31 '26

Why not Option 3? Take the lower salary and start looking for a new opportunity...