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I did exactly that a few years ago.I was recently promoted to a Senior Executive position in my old company but with little to no pay raise. Had a big debate with my head of department and they were reluctant to pursue the matter.Meanwhile I was head hunted for an Executive position (back to square one) however it comes with a 50% increase in salary on top of better benefits and ease of travel.My priority back then was to save up as much as possible to plan for my up-coming wedding, so when my HoD refused to match the salary from the head hunter, I gave my notice immediately.Now looking back, here’s the pros & cons:Pros:The money really helps, my wife took a year break after leaving a toxic working environment and I was able to support her for the whole year till she found a job.Despite having to support my wife through her tough days, I was still able to save enough for a decent wedding and also enough to plan for our apartment.The salary I’m holding now also acts as a leverage for me to ask for a future position. Whenever I submit my résumé for another interview, this is now my basic asking salary and I’m not gonna devalue myself for anything less.Now the Cons:I was quick to realize that I have reached my salary cap for my position. There is no more room for salary increment unless I’m promoted.Which also means I can’t afford to be complacent as I have to prove my worth or I’ll be the 1st one to be laid off should there be a budget cut in any foreseeable future.I was given more responsibilities despite holding the same position as my colleagues, which even though it seems unfair, I really can’t complain about it.In the end, I have to leave that new company again due to lack of promotion opportunity and I’m still stuck at the same executive level.Looking back I don’t regret leaving my old job, there are other push factors outside the salary but I would have to negotiate a higher position at the new job so I don’t have to make such a steep climb all over again.Edit:Woot 1k likes!!Thanks for the great responses. Just like to clarify something.I’m not saying that we should look out for “unicorn” jobs that are easier with higher pay. In fact as I’ve mentioned, lower positions with higher salary usually comes with their own drawbacks and risks.The idea here is to know your own value and don’t let others take you for granted.At the same time, don’t be complacent and always strive to make a better of yourself.Taking a lower position and/or leaving the company doesn’t make you a bad person or disloyal to the company.Sometimes you just need to take a step back to see the bigger picture.

Story #1: I sat next to a guy on a plane who told me this story:He applied for a job and never heard anything. Three months later the exact same job was posted again.He said, “Doing the same thing over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity. So this time I decided to do something different.“With a little sleuthing, I figured out the hiring manager for the job, and his phone number. I waited until after 5 p.m. to call, so no administrator would answer the phone. I called and left the following voice mail: ‘I saw your job posting, and I am the perfect fit for this position. If you don’t interview me, I’m certain you’ll regret it.’”He got a call back the next day. The hiring manager said he never saw this guy’s resume the first time around. HR did the resume screening, and the manager didn’t like any of their selections.This guy was flying back from his final interview at headquarters when we talked, and the following week posted on LinkedIn that he landed the job.Story #2: I spent a day volunteering in the midst of the great recession and one volunteer was so exceptionally helpful that I asked him his story. He said he’d been laid off and was looking for a job. I invited him to look through my network on LinkedIn, and tell me to whom I could introduce him.He emailed me a few days later. He said there was a job for which he was well-qualified, and I had three connections in the company. Would I be willing to forward his resume to them, and ask them to forward it to the hiring manager?I had him put together an introductory email, and then I added a personalized email to each of my three connections. All three forwarded his resume to the hiring manager. He had an interview within the week, and an offer within the month.He said he had sent the exact same resume for the exact same job a few months earlier and heard nothing the first time around.Answer:So the answer to your question is yes, apply again. But apply in a different way, that gets the attention of the hiring manager. Good luck!

I’d been working at the organization for almost 3 years, and been doing the work of about three full-time positions. Up until my last manager, I’d been supervised by three other people - including the COO and Director of Finance and Administration - and received consistently glowing reviews. I got my work done on time, responded to every request (even the unreasonable ones) promptly, and somehow managed to be relatively pleasant to several employees who seemed determined to make my life hell for no particular reason I could find. And it was killing me.The organization had been growing exponentially over the last couple of years but they had not hired any additional employees in my department, so we were all scrambling to keep up. The stress was so great that I was starting to have significant health problems as a result. Finally, leadership decided it was time to hire some new folks. I got a brand-new manager (in a different time zone) who had just been hired, and we also hired an additional part-time employee who I was to supervise now. This was all done with the usual manic energy that was typical of the management there - I wasn’t given any supervisory training or directions, just a new employee and the expectation to immediately increase our workload. Then my manager had a health issue and disappeared on medical leave for about 4 months.Things were going better - though the stress from such a manic and toxic work environment was still giving me health issues - and then my manager returned from medical leave. A couple of weeks after she came back, she called me (over the phone, as she was three time zones away) for my employee review. To my shock, she told me I was on probation for “poor performance” and that the new employee I had trained and supervised had complained that I was giving her too much work. (The reality is, she just didn’t like her job and didn’t understand what my duties were.) I was floored - there had been no hints, much less discussion, about any of this - and to suddenly go from compliments on my performance from the COO to being accused of abusing an employee was too much. I quit on the spot.I didn’t have a plan or a backup job lined up. In fact, it led up to one of the worst times of my life when my spouse was laid off a couple of months later. But I don’t regret any of it. The entire organization was abusive to its employees, leadership was focused on results at any cost to us, and they paid us support folks slave wages. It was one the best choices I ever made, even though I ended up being nearly homeless shortly afterward. But at least I got my dignity and my health back.