I have a good salary at a failing start up, and I can’t seem to find any jobs that provide a similar salary. I love my current job, but I’m worried that the company will not be able to secure enough funding to last us 6 more months.
Should I take a pay cut (150k --> 100k) to work at a different company? Or should I wait it out for another few months at my current company?
For context, I support my SO in a HCOL area and we don’t have much savings. Trying to build that up right now…
Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you!
I would wait it out and in the meantime save money and build my network internally with coworkers. If things fall apart, everyone will be moving on and its more likely to find a job networking with one of them that moves to a new place than submitting applications to open postings. Many jobs are never posted publicly.
You should also build a network of recruiters that specialize in people with your skill set and tell them you are looking for $150k plus jobs.