We all need money, there’s no way around it if you want to survive in this world. This even more so if you have a family, so you work to provide your kids and spouse the comforts of life and insurance, you can’t forget insurance. So everyone is desperate to keep their job. So, you put up with more. More sm--k talk from your manager, more passive aggressive snarkiness abuse, longer hours per day more often with the implied “or else” as an undertone. Over time, you are mentally, physically, emotionally worn down and you cave in to just accept it. Is it worth it? This answer will be different per person. The less you want or desire out of life, the less important it is to accumulate “things”. So for some its an adjustment of lifestyle first. Other’s like to have “things”. Its amazing what one will put up with in order to keep their salary. I think overall a person would be better off looking for a job with the same salary or higher in hopes that the environment is not as toxic. For me, I can’t adopt a monk like lifestyle, so I need to work but nothing says I need to keep working…..here. Time to get off the train.
“Salary is a dr-g they give you to forget your dreams”. - - -Warren Buffet.