Layoffs: When to settle for a smaller paycheck 18 Articles

by Carine Nadel

Settling for a smaller paycheck after being laid off is not necessarily the wrong move. Depending on circumstances, it might be just the ticket to financial stability. A case in point-a young couple I know were making ...read more

by Mona Gallagher

Two good reasons come to mind when making a decision to settle for a smaller paycheck. The most obvious reason is that you've been unemployed for several months and your funds are exhausted. You may have little choice exce...read more

by Randa Morris

Being laid off in the United States means that you are probably collecting at least a percentage of your wages through unemployment compensation. Collecting unemployment can, at times, make it worth your while to wait to...read more

by Bruno Somerset

With eight consecutive months of job losses in the United States, layoffs are becoming far more common that they have been in recent memory. Even people in previously "safe" industries have found themselves having to find ...read more

by Rob Purifoy

In 1985 as I graduated high school and got away from working at fast food places frying taco's. One of my first teen job's outside of fast was a a courier. It happens that shortly after beginning the job the old man that o...read more

by Royce Radcliffe

There are a lot of times when employees are paid less than they think they are worth. If you have been receiving a certain level of income and your company is forced to scale back your pay a lot of issues come up. The key ...read more

by Toni Doswell

Going to a yard sale one day, I got a chance to talk to a gentleman who was in his 50's. He was selling all he could sell probably to buy a few more groceries. He had been a quality management inspector and supervisor, ...read more

by Christopher Kendalls

It happens to everyone, you're working for a big company and get lost in a sea of thousands of individuals on a large campus trying to find your way, or perhaps you know everyone you work with on a first name basis, either...read more

by Scott Heritage

Having been laid off it is always acceptable to take a pay cut for a while, even if its only temporarily whilst you search for a more lucrative form of employment. Some people take the narrow minded view when looking for...read more

by Patrick Mcdowell

It seems like more and more of the public are thinking of their "jobs" as something that can control them, something they have to do, rather than going to work because it is their passion that they are pursuing. Yes, it's ...read more

by Dawn B.

In a perfect world none of us would ever have to worry about making ends meet, clothing and feeding our kids, or just surviving from week to week. Well, this isn't a perfect world. When your faced with a layoff, it can b...read more

by Richard Bramante

Everyone has a set of differing life circumstances. Settling for a smaller paycheck may not only just be an adjustment in employment status but a change having an overall effect on lifestyle. Several factors need to be e...read more

by Me...Again

Are you in a job you hate, but making very good money? Is there something you would really like to do, but can't, or at least think you can't, because it would mean less pay? Do you feel trapped? This is an easy one. Ca...read more

by Lupine

Back in the days of the junk bond mergers, a company I was working for got taken over by a junk bond financier. Everyone knew that the junk bond financier had paid too much for the company. In order to make his payments ...read more

by Rockstar

Settle.........it's the main word here. To settle is to say ok this is what i got and i should be happy with it.....Wrong. It is never ok to settle for anything it's the wrong kind of thinking. When you get a payche...read more

by C Davison

Competition for good jobs in todays market is fierce, and there are many companies that are struggling financially. That said, the companies are looking to cut costs and the fastest way to do that is to lay off some of th...read more

by Brett Brown

Settling for a smaller paycheck is something that anyone who gets laid off will have to deal with. The smaller income and in a lot of cases, going from a weekly to bi-weekly check, make life a little more difficult. There ...read more

by Justice Liberty

When companies decide that they must start laying people off, it causes a hardship for the majority of their employees, in that many of them were struggling to pay their bills in the first place. It can be a very tough de...read more