Would you take a pay/title cut for a client side role with a company you’ve been wanting to join? Currently mid level career.

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Better to be at the bottom of a ladder you want to climb than the top of one you don’t.

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If the pay cut is still enough for you to live the life you want to live, than hell yes!

You'll make it back plus some in the long term

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Yes

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Do it!!!

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Every agency is willing to hire from the client side. Not reciprocol.

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GSD1 really? I’d almost say the opposite. A generalisation but as agencies can be known look down on the quality of clients why would they jump to hire them? I think far more people go agency to client than I’ve ever seen go the other way.

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I asked mindtree to revise my compensation by informing of the counter offer and surprising they provided me the CTC i requested without asking for proof of counter offer. Is this something skeptical ?

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