Has anyone ever changed to a lower position on a different team eg from finance to media? Did you have to take a pay cut when you did or was possible to keep pay and just not get a raise for awhile?

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I was a senior copywriter in shopper marketing (writing coupons and shelf-talkers...how glamorous), making a reasonable $75k after just two years there. But I had always wanted to do brand work.

So when a job for a CW position at a little known start-up, I was frank about my experience with them and told the CCO all I wanted was a chance to do actual creative work, regardless of the pay.

Took a $20k hit to the wallet for the first year, but after a raise and a generous bonus for helping win a massive piece of business, I was back where I started -- only doing work I was actually proud of.

Your mileage may vary, but if you have the chance to alter the course of a bleak-looking future, always take it.

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